BALTIMORE — After an initial delay, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has released six hours of body camera footage in connection to an in-custody death.

It shows Baltimore City police officers waiting nearly 45 minutes for a medic who never shows for man experiencing a mental health crisis in Southwest Baltimore on June 24.

That man, identified as 31-year-old Dontae Melton Jr., later died at the hospital around 3 a.m. after officers transported him to the hospital themselves.

“Where is this medic? This is insane," one officer can be heard saying 22 minutes after police's first interaction with Melton.

Another 20 minutes go by. Once again it's noted that a medic has not arrived.

At that time, another officer is heard saying on bodycam:

“We have three fire stations sub two m

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