The Maryland Attorney General's Office on Wednesday shared body camera video from the Baltimore Police officers who responded to a mental health crisis that turned into an in-custody death in June.
The six-hour video captured the moments that 31-year-old Dontae Melton Jr. approached an officer at a red light and was detained as police waited for a medical unit to arrive.
According to investigators, an ambulance never arrived, and Melton died after being driven to a hospital in a police vehicle on June 24.
The Maryland Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division (IID) is investigating the incident, as they do with all fatal or near-fatal incidents that involve law enforcement.
In-custody death
The IID's preliminary investigation found that Melton approached an officer