San Antonio police said it is investigating how a man suspected of driving while intoxicated (DWI) died in its custody early Tuesday morning.

According to an SAPD report, officers arrested a 61-year-old man on DWI suspicion just before 6 p.m. Monday near the intersection of San Pedro Avenue and West Woodlawn Avenue.

While he was being transported to the Bexar County Adult Detention Center and Bexar County Sheriff’s Office custody, authorities said he suffered a “medical episode” and was transported by emergency personnel to a local hospital for further treatment.

Police said the man died at the hospital just before 3:15 a.m. Tuesday.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office told KSAT that the man was identified as Darryl Valadez, 61. His cause and manner of death remain under investi

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