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DC man charged with abducting girlfriend dies hours after arrest at Northwest police station
Marquez Parker, 44, of Northwest, D.C. (PHOTO: Metropolitan Police Division)
WASHINGTON – A suspect who was charged for allegedly abducting his girlfriend at gunpoint in D.C., died whereas in police custody at a District holding cell, hours after being arrested.
In accordance with the Metropolitan Police Division, round 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, officers carried out a verify of a suspect who was in custody at MPD’s Second District police station in Northwest.
The officers conducting the verify discovered a person was unconscious and never respiratory. Police stated the officers instantly requested paramedics, administered Narcan, started performing CPR, and tried to make use of a defibrillator to avoid wasting the person.
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Regardless of the efforts, D.C. Fireplace and Emergency Medical personnel pronounced the person useless on the scene.
Investigators later recognized the person as Marquez Parker, 44, of Northwest, D.C.
Marquez Parker, 44, of Northwest, D.C. (PHOTO: Metropolitan Police Division)
Police confirmed to FOX 5 that Parker was arrested on Thursday at 6:45 a.m., simply over 3 hours earlier than his dying, in reference to the alleged abduction of his girlfriend.
Again on July 27, police claimed that Parker compelled the lady right into a car towards her will exterior their residence within the 2900 of Van Ness Avenue Northwest. Police had been initially alerted the scenario by the sufferer’s members of the family and mates after a reside Instagram video was posted allegedly exhibiting Parker pointing a gun at her.
The sufferer was later situated protected.
Parker was charged with Armed Kidnapping (Gun) in that case.
In accordance with MPD, the division’s Inside Affairs Bureau is conducting an investigation into Parker’s dying.