Man who had trouble breathing while being arrested has died

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/man-who-had-trouble-breathing-while-being-arrested-has-died/article_6868fb7c-54f8-11e5-bf00-0f25174cd9cb.html

POSTED: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2015 12:00 AM | UPDATED: 12:07 AM, MON SEP 7, 2015.
By Emerson Clarridge / World-Herald staff writer

As they arrested a man who later died, two Omaha police officers used no force beyond their strength to put the man’s hands behind his back, a police spokesman said Sunday.

Patrick D. Ennis died Sunday afternoon, two days after he had difficulty breathing while he was being handcuffed.

The cause of the 50-year-old man’s death may become clear after an autopsy, which is scheduled for today.

Ennis had displayed bizarre behavior before the officers arrived about 5:15 p.m. Friday to the back of a house near 31st Avenue and Jackson Street for a disturbance, said the spokesman, Officer Kevin Wiese. It is not clear if Ennis lived at the house. Court documents suggest he lived elsewhere in the city.

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Patrick Ennis