Officials are investigating the death of a Pima County jail inmate.
Just before 1 p.m. Wednesday, corrections officers were alerted after 55-year-old Weldon Ellis collapsed in his dorm, according to a news release from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
Correction officers requested medical personnel and administered life saving measures. After attempts to resuscitate Ellis, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Fire personnel pronounced him dead, the news release said.
Marissa Hernandez, the department's public information officer, said Ellis was booked on July 11 and brought in on a warrant for failure to appear.
