A police recruit training at Lake Technical College died Monday after suffering a medical emergency while his class took part in an exercise session.

Morlon Jenkins Jr., 42, was undergoing the first night of training for the Florida Law Enforcement Academy program at the college’s Institute of Public Safety campus in Tavares when he needed medical assistance around 7:15 p.m., according to Tavares police. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead later that night.

Neither the police nor a school official answered questions about the nature of the medical emergency Jenkins suffered.

Melissa Stephan, the school official, said Jenkins’ class was taking part in the program’s physical training component, which is required by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. But she sai

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