Las Vegas police release body camera video days after in-custody death

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Las Vegas police released officer-worn body camera video after an in-custody death on Tuesday.

According to police, it happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on July 16 in the 4700 block of West Charleston Boulevard near Decatur Boulevard.

Officers driving near the scene spotted a fight in the parking lot between three men, which was later determined to be a robbery between the men.

Police spoke with one of the men who told officers the suspect, later identified as Michael Turner, 56, assaulted him, took items from him, and pointed toward Turner as he was entering a white vehicle nearby.

The officer then located the white vehicle, with Turner attempting to leave the parking lot. According to police, Turner started to drive away from the officer at a slow speed in the parking lot. The officer followed and observed the vehicle become high-centered on a median. Turner’s vehicle reversed, and his vehicle and the patrol car collided. Turner then drove the vehicle a short distance from the patrol vehicle and stopped, police said.

The officer issued verbal commands to Turner to exit the vehicle. He exited by crawling out of the vehicle and immediately lay on the ground. An additional officer arrived, and Turner was taken into custody and handcuffed at which time medical was requested, according to police.

While waiting for a medical team to arrive, Turner sat up and requested water be poured on him several minutes later he then rolled himself back down onto the ground, police said.

Once a third officer arrived at the arrest location and began monitoring Turner. After several more minutes, a supervisor arrived and noticed that Turner appeared unresponsive. He told the officer to remove the handcuffs and administer Narcan. The Narcan did not appear to work, and officers began CPR on Turner as a medical team arrived.

Nearly 50 grams of meth was found inside Turner’s vehicle, and another 29 grams of meth was found on Turner’s body was found at the hospital, police stated.

A medical team took Turner to UMC where he was later pronounced dead.
The cause and manner of death will be released by the Clark County coroner’s office.

The investigation of the incident remains ongoing. An examination of the incident is being conducted by the LVMPD Critical Incident Review Team.

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