A 36-year-old former NFL running back who died over the weekend was in police custody when he passed away.

Doug Martin, who played seven seasons in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, died at a hospital early Saturday after being contacted by Oakland police, the East Bay Times reported.

The officers were responding to reports of a home break-in at about 4:15 a.m. in East Oakland, sources told the paper. Police were “simultaneously” notified that the suspected burglar was having a medical emergency, the Oakland Police Department said in a statement.

After a “brief struggle,” the suspect was taken into custody and then became unresponsive, the statement said. Paramedics provided medical aid at the scene and the suspect was taken to a hospital, where they later

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