Man Dies In Police Custody At Manhattan Criminal Court

NEW YORK CITY — A 43-year-old man has died in police custody at Manhattan Criminal Court in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday.

The man was found unresponsive inside the courthouse around 8 a.m., police announced.

He was transported to New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Details on what led up to the incident are not known at this time.

The New York Daily News reported that the 43-year-old was awaiting arraignment and was in a holding cell at the time of the incident.

The man's identity has not been released pending family notification. The city's medical examiner will determine the official cause of death.

The Legal Aid Society in a statement called for "an immediate, comprehensive, and impartial investigation into this most recent death in custody."

"Earlier this morning, we learned that another New Yorker, who we represented in a pending matter, died in law enforcement custody at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan. This tragic death follows the passing of Soso Ramishvili on Friday, who suffered for days in New York City Police Department custody and was denied the urgent medical care he required, ultimately leading to his untimely death," the statement read.

The 43-year-old's death is apparently the second at criminal court in a month, according to the report.

A 55-year-old man died in police custody at the courthouse on Feb. 24.

Last Friday, Ramishvili died inside Kings County Criminal Court in Brooklyn, Patch previously reported.

The 32-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

According to The Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Services, Ramishvili had been arrested for a low-level crime.

This is a developing story. This post may be updated.