Police are investigating a death in custody after a fight involving a teenage boy and a man in the Adelaide CBD. 7NEWS
Police arrived soon after. The men were separated, restrained and arrested before the 41-year-old later died.Detective Inspector Brett Featherby said Major Crime and Ethical and Professional Standards detectives were investigating the incident, with a coronial and criminal investigation underway.
The teenager was hospitalised and unarrested due to the nature of his injuries so he could receive further care. He has not been charged but police did not rule out arresting him again. Featherby would not reveal the ethnicity of the two men or if excessive force could have been a factor.“All police processes will be investigated,” he said on Saturday.
People who witnessed or have footage of the incident are asked to contact Crime Stoppers. Police already had some footage of the incident.“I can’t put myself in their place. It would be horrible for what’s occurred to them last night,” he said.
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