Northern Virginia Critical Incident Response Team investigates in-custody death in Leesburg

The Northern Virginia Critical Incident Response Team is investigating an in-custody death that occurred this evening after Leesburg Police officers responded to an Assist Rescue call for service at the Best Western in Leesburg.  CIRT is a multi-jurisdictional team designed to provide efficient, effective, and standardized investigations in critical incidents such as in-custody deaths.  Leesburg Chief of Police Gregory Brown requested CIRT to investigate this incident in the interest of promoting transparency and public confidence.

The Leesburg Police Department Emergency Communications Center received an Assist Rescue call for service on Friday, December 3, 2021 at approximately 6:32 p.m.  The caller called 9-1-1 and reported that an approximately 30-year-old male was in the hotel lobby exhibiting irrational behavior.  The caller believed that the male had ingested drugs, or was experiencing a medical emergency.

Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System personnel responded to assist with a medical emergency, and arrived on-scene prior to law enforcement where they located the male subject in the hotel’s parking lot. 

As Leesburg Police officers responded they observed LC-CFRS personnel attempting to treat a 26-year-old male in the hotel’s parking lot.  The male was very agitated and combative.  Officers assisted in restraining the male in handcuffs for the safety of the male as well as the safety of others on-scene while he received medical treatment.  Due to the male’s continued agitated and combative behavior, officers then secured the male in leg restraints for the safety of the male as well as the safety of others on-scene. 

The male was transferred by ambulance to Inova Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne.  During the transport the male remained agitated and combative.  Medical treatment of the male was turned over to hospital staff.  Pursuant to receiving medical treatment at Inova Loudoun Hospital, the male was declared deceased by hospital staff at 7:53 p.m.

The Northern Virginia Critical Incident Response Team is investigating an in-custody death that occurred this evening after Leesburg Police officers responded to an Assist Rescue call for service at the Best Western in Leesburg.  CIRT is a multi-jurisdictional team designed to provide efficient, effective, and standardized investigations in critical incidents such as in-custody deaths.  Leesburg Chief of Police Gregory Brown requested CIRT to investigate this incident in the interest of promoting transparency and public confidence.

The Leesburg Police Department Emergency Communications Center received an Assist Rescue call for service on Friday, December 3, 2021 at approximately 6:32 p.m.  The caller called 9-1-1 and reported that an approximately 30-year-old male was in the hotel lobby exhibiting irrational behavior.  The caller believed that the male had ingested drugs, or was experiencing a medical emergency.

Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System personnel responded to assist with a medical emergency, and arrived on-scene prior to law enforcement where they located the male subject in the hotel’s parking lot. 

As Leesburg Police officers responded they observed LC-CFRS personnel attempting to treat a 26-year-old male in the hotel’s parking lot.  The male was very agitated and combative.  Officers assisted in restraining the male in handcuffs for the safety of the male as well as the safety of others on-scene while he received medical treatment.  Due to the male’s continued agitated and combative behavior, officers then secured the male in leg restraints for the safety of the male as well as the safety of others on-scene. 

The male was transferred by ambulance to Inova Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne.  During the transport the male remained agitated and combative.  Medical treatment of the male was turned over to hospital staff.  Pursuant to receiving medical treatment at Inova Loudoun Hospital, the male was declared deceased by hospital staff at 7:53 p.m.

An autopsy will be conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine cause and manner of death. The identity of the male decedent is being withheld at this time pending notification of next of kin.  This remains an active investigation and anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the Leesburg Police Department at (703) 771-4500.