BALTIMORE — Lawyers for the family of Dontae Melton Jr., who died in June after Baltimore Police detained him while waiting close to an hour for an ambulance , said they plan to file a lawsuit after investigators conclude their probe of the in-custody death.

Attorney Larry Greenberg said at a Tuesday news conference that Melton’s family has authorized his firm to sue “those responsible” for Melton’s “needless death” on a hot June night, hours after the 31-year-old approached a police cruiser and asked for help.

The family’s decision to take legal action comes after the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner deemed Melton’s death a homicide and after state investigators released hours of body camera footage of Melton’s encounter with police on June 24. The footage shows officers d

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