A person died Friday in the custody of the Winston-Salem police at the Forsyth County Jail, authorities said.

The Winston-Salem Police Department didn’t identify the victim or the officer involved in the incident.

The victim and the officers were at the jail when the person suffered an apparent medical emergency, police said.

The officers, the jail medical staff, city firefighters and emergency medical technicians attempted life-saving measures, but the person died at the scene, police said.

Before the incident, officers arrested the person at a local hospital for trespassing after the person refused to leave the hospital’s property after being discharged, police said.

Officers used no force on the person during the arrest or while the person was in their custody, police said.

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