LA HABRA >> A man died Friday after he was found hanging in a La Habra Police Department jail cell following a domestic violence arrest, authorities said.
Investigators withheld the man’s identity Saturday pending notification of family, La Habra police Sgt. Clint Angle said.
He was arrested shortly after 9:43 a.m., after a woman called police to report a domestic dispute, La Habra police officials said in a written statement. Officers arrested the man on suspicion of domestic violence and took him to the department’s jail, 150 N. Euclid Ave.
He was discovered hanging in a jail cell later in the day, Angle said. He was alone in the cell.
“Officers began life saving measures while the paramedics arrived,” according to the statement. “The male was then transported to St. Jude Hospital where he was pronounced dead.”
Police declined to say what object the man apparently used to hang himself. No further details of the death or the alleged domestic dispute that preceded it were released Saturday.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office will conduct an investigation, as is standard procedure when a person dies while in the custody of an Orange County law enforcement agency.