Bryan Bostic Died from Methamphetamine Effects in Inglewood Police Custody

Bryan Bostic, a 37-year-old Compton man, died from the effects of methamphetamine while in Inglewood police custody on March 10, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office announced Thursday. The death was ruled accidental, according to a statement released Thursday morning.

Bostic was arrested by Inglewood police during a traffic stop, and city officials remained silent for over a week following his death. On March 22, Mayor James Butts disclosed that Bostic had been stopped, arrested after a "brief struggle with officers," and appeared to have stopped breathing by the time he arrived at the city jail.

The medical examiner's office corroborated this sequence of events, noting that emergency medical services personnel medically cleared Bostic before transporting him to the jail. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office confirmed in March that it is investigating the Inglewood Police Department's use of force prior to Bostic's death.