MILWAUKEE – A 25-year-old male patient died at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex on Saturday, October 6th.
Milwaukee County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the complex after receiving notification from staff of emergency life-saving procedures being performed on the patient shortly after 9:30 a.m.
Wauwatosa Fire Department medical personnel also responded and performed CPR on the man. Medical personnel later pronounced him dead a short time later.
Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division are assisting with the
investigation, as is standard procedure for deaths at the county complex.
The cause of death will be determined by the Medical Examiner’s Office.
This was the fifth death at the County Mental Health Complex this year, and the ninth since
2010.