At
approximately 10:00 am on September 3, 2022, inmate VICTOR GONZALES, 37
of Galveston, TX communicated he was experiencing medical symptoms to
TCSO medical staff. At approximately 10:20 am,
Gonzales became unresponsive, and CPR was immediately initiated. When
ATCEMS arrived, they continued CPR and transported Gonzales to a local
hospital where he died later that day.
Gonzales
was booked into the Travis County Jail September 1, 2022, (transferred
from TDCJ) charged with Prohibited Substance in a Correctional Facility.
(Bond: $20,000.00)
An
investigation by TCSO’s Internal Affairs Unit, Criminal Investigations
Division, Texas Rangers and the Travis County Medical Examiner’s
Office is underway, as is customary with any death in custody. The
autopsy and the final report are pending.
