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Phoenix Police Release Body Camera

Videos of Man's Death After Taken Into

Custody

The family of Muhammad Muhaymin is stillseeking answers.

By MORGAN WINSOR

— -- The Phoenix Police Department has released footage from several

police body cameras documenting the arrest of Muhammad Muhaymin

earlier this month after which he was declared dead, as family members of

the deceased say they are considering legal options.

The 43-year-old man died on Jan. 4 after a physical altercation with officers

near the Maryvale Community Center in Arizona's capital city, according to

police.

The Phoenix Police Department on Thursday released six of the 14 videos

from police body cameras. The other eight videos are “in the final stages of

the redaction process” and are expected to be released soon, police said.

The incident began at approximately 9:30 a.m. local time when officers

with the Phoenix Police Department were responding to a “fight call” at the

community center. The officers observed Muhaymin “acting erratically”

and refusing to leave the facility after he had “assaulted an employee,”

police said.

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Phoenix Police Release Body Camera Videos of Man's Death After Taken Into Custody

Muhammad Muhaymin died after struggling with officers near a community center in Arizona's capital city

on Jan. 4.

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The officers made contact with Muhaymin and attempted to arrest him

when he began struggling with them, police said.

“Multiple officers were needed to subdue the man who continued to act

violently even after he was restrained by officers and handcuffs,” Sgt.

Jonathan Howard, a Phoenix Police Department spokesman, said in the

initial statement in early January after the incident.

While struggling with officers on the ground in the parking lot outside the

community center after his arrest, police said Muhaymin began showing

signs of “medical distress.” Muhaymin was then transported to a local

hospital, where he was subsequently pronounced dead. The incident

remains under investigation, with the official cause and manner of

Muhaymin’s death still pending, police said.

But several weeks after Muhaymin’s death, the man’s family is still seeking

answers.

Muhaymin’s sister and the family’s attorney spoke to reporters outside the

Phoenix Police Department headquarters on Thursday. Mussallina

Muhaymin said her brother suffered from mental illness and police did not

react appropriately.

“This should have never happened,” Mussallina Muhaymin told ABC

affiliate KNXV. “There’s no reason to justify this.”

The family’s attorney, David Chami, told reporters they are considering

legal options.

“He lost his life. And it didn’t have to happen,” Chami said.

According to Sgt. Howard, all officers with the Phoenix Police Department

are “trained to work with people with a wide variety of disabilities.” All

officers involved in the Jan. 4 incident were up to date on their training,

Howard told ABC News.

“We have a duty to protect the integrity of the investigation, however, in

this particular case, we do not believe the release of the body worn camera

video will jeopardize our ability to complete a thorough and accurate

investigation,” Phoenix Police Department Chief Jeri Williams said in a

statement Thursday. “As with any critical incident, we will always review

and learn from what has transpired.”

In the footage from the released videos, Muhaymin is seen carrying a small

dog without a leash and appears to be having a dispute with a staff member

inside the community center. Muhaymin is heard telling the staff member

and the responding officers that the animal is a service dog. But the staff

member is heard telling police that the dog bit some of his employees and

needs to be kept on a leash.

After escorting Muhaymin with his dog out of the facility, the officers

inform him that he's under arrest for an outstanding warrant and instruct

him to put down his dog. The instruction seems to agitate him, at which

point a scuffle ensues with the officers.

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Muhaymin refuses to let go of the dog, telling the officers, “please, call my

sister first" as he struggles with them. The police advise him during the

altercation to stop fighting.

After officers successfully subdue him after several attempts, Muhaymin

becomes ill and police say on the tape that he is vomiting once he is on the

ground.

The officers call for medical assistance and attempt to resuscitate the man

multiple times after he becomes unresponsive.

“I don’t think he’s breathing,” one officer says. “I don’t feel a pulse.”

The Phoenix Police Department on Thursday identified the officers

involved in the incident as Oswald Grenier, Jason Hobel, Ronaldo Canilao,

David Head, Susan Heimbigner, Kevin McGowan, James Clark, Dennis

Leroux, Ryan Nielsen and supervisor Steven Wong. The officers each have

between 12 and 23 years of experience.

Sgt. Howard of the Phoenix Police Department told ABC News the four

primary officers who had the most contact with Muhaymin were, as

standard practice, placed on immediate paid leave following the incident.

All officers have since returned to duty, Howard said.

ABC News' Rachel Katz and Blair Shiff contributed to this report.

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