An inmate at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center died after suffering a medical episode at the jail on Monday morning, according to the sheriff’s office.

A deputy found Dimitri Sandoval Lira, 38, unresponsive in his cell around 8:40 a.m., the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

The deputy performed life-saving measures until additional medical staff arrived. First responders provided assistance, but BCSO said Lira was later pronounced dead at 8:58 a.m.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has yet to determine Lira’s cause and manner of death. However, BCSO said they believe preexisting health conditions may have worsened the medical episode Lira experienced.

Lira was booked into the Bexar County jail on July 31 on an assault of a family or household member c

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