ADA COUNTY — An investigation is underway after a male inmate experienced a medical emergency and was pronounced dead at the Ada County Jail on Saturday night, the Ada County Sheriff's Office said.
According to officials, at 10 p.m., the adult male inmate, identified by the Ada County Coroner as 35-year-old Sinoe Salas of Nampa, was found experiencing a medical emergency in his cell. ACSO said that jail health services staff requested that Salas be transported to the hospital to receive medical attention.
While the ambulance was en route to the facility, Salas became unresponsive, ACSO said.
Life-saving measures were administered, but they were unsuccessful, officials said. Salas was pronounced dead at the scene.
ACSO said that the inmate had been booked into the jail earlier that day by another agency.
The manner and cause of death are still pending, according to the Ada County Coroner.
ACSO said they are actively investigating the incident.
