El Paso police information release on custody death, echoing previous case handling

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso Police have not released new information about a deadly incident, where a man died in police custody.

Police said the incident, happened on April 14 around 3 p.m.

Witness video of the incident shows the man, identified as 35-year-old Jonathan Rose Eddens, being hit by police multiple times.

El Paso Police have not released much information about the incident.

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On the night of the incident, police said Eddens was walking in and out of traffic near Alameda and San Marcial in South Central El Paso.

EPPD appears to be handling the release of information on this case similarly to an officer-involved shooting from March 5.

During that incident, a patrol officer shot and killed a man after approaching a car parked in a carwash.

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The man told the officer he was having car trouble, and a few moments later, he told the officer he had a gun.

Then the man started to threaten the officer, asking him if he wanted to make it home that night.

In that case, EPPD released information three weeks later.

Police also released body camera footage from that incident, KFOX14 has asked police if they will be releasing body camera footage in this incident but has not heard back.

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