MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The death of a Kansas inmate following a struggle with jail staff has been ruled a homicide and the case referred to prosecutors to determine whether to file charges, authorities say.

Charles Adair, 50, died at the Wyandotte County Detention Center in Kansas City, Kansas, on July 5, one day after he was arrested on misdemeanor warrants for failure to appear on multiple traffic violations.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced Friday that an autopsy report listed his manner of death as homicide and his cause of death as complications from “mechanical asphyxia,” a condition where breathing is obstructed. The report didn’t elaborate, but causes of obstructed breathing include physical force, an object or even body position, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

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