MILWAUKEE — The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department is investigating after a Milwaukee County Jail inmate died at a local hospital, after suffering from a terminal illness.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office shared the news Saturday saying the inmate was 68-year-old Mohammed Afzal. He had been in custody at the jail since Sept. 2020 on charges of first-degree reckless homicide and use of a dangerous weapon.
MCSO said Afzal had been hospitalized since June 14, following several visits to the jail's infirmary.
The sheriff's office organized a visit between Afzal and his family prior to his death.
MCSO said given Afzal was an inmate at the jail, and despite the fact that he died at a hospital and the presumed nature of his death, the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death as an in custody-death.
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