As reported by the Press-Telegram, LBReport.com and the Los Angeles Times, here’s what’s been said thus far about the burglary suspect who died in police custody Saturday night.

He was Deshoun Kenyon Torrence, 18, of Victorville–and according to the Times‘ Victoria Kim, he “reportedly screamed for help as he was being detained by neighbors,” who allegedly caught him trying to burglarize or rob an apartment building in the 600 block of Elm Avenue.

What time of night? According to the P-T and LBReport.com, it happened around 10:15 p.m., but the Times puts it at 9:15 p.m.

Here’s some of what Long Beach Police did and didn’t say to the P-T’s Kelly Puente: “Police at the scene discovered that the suspect had sustained injuries prior to their arrival,” Puente writes, citing Long Beach Police spokeswoman Jackie Bezart.

“Authorities Sunday would not say what types of injuries the man had sustained.”

“Bezart says Torrence’s fatal injuries either came from the residents who captured him or from police,” Puente writes.

“Bezart said the suspect fought with officers and ‘necessary force’ was used to subdue him and place him in the back of the police cruiser. Authorities would not give details on the use of necessary force or say if the suspect was further injured during that struggle.”

“Necessary force”: that’s an interesting term. The Times‘ Kim uses it too:

“Before officers arrived, residents reported hearing screams for help from the apartment where the suspect was being held,” Bezart told Kim. “Officers used ‘necessary force’ to take the man into custody after he became combative, authorities said” to Kim.

The Times has more on Torrence’s injuries:

“The suspect had sustained lacerations to his hands during the scuffle,” Kim writes, citing Mike Duree, a spokesman for the Long Beach Fire Department.

The fire department, Kim writes, dispatched paramedics “after receiving a call from the officers at the scene. The man was treated for those injuries and declined to be taken to a hospital, Duree said.”

Police put Torrence in the back seat of a police car, where he “stopped breathing,” according to the Times.

“It was very strange because [paramedics] checked him and felt he was OK, and he was alert and responsive after they left,” Bezart told the P-T’s Puente.

According to LBReport.com, “Officers performed Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on the suspect until Paramedics [returned], however he was pronounced deceased at the scene by paramedics.”

Paramedics returned “at 10:10 p.m.” according to the Times. Police take a long time to deal with these situations; that’s just how they work, so the Times‘ timeline for the entire incident–running from approximately 9:15 to 10:10 p.m.–makes sense.

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