A man accused of kidnapping his girlfriend last summer at gunpoint in Washington, DC, has died in police custody, just hours after being arrested.
Officers checked out a suspect who was in custody at the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District police station around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, police told FOX 5.
The officers who carried out the control found Márquez Parker, 44, unconscious and not breathing. The officers reportedly immediately called for paramedics, administered Narcan, began CPR and attempted to use a defibrillator to save Parker.
Despite her efforts, DC fire and emergency medical personnel pronounced Parker dead at the scene.
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Marquez Parker, 44, of Northwest, DC died in police custody hours after being arrested.
(Metropolitan Police Department)
Parker was arrested Thursday at 6:45 a.m., just over three hours before his death, in connection with the alleged July 2022 kidnapping of his girlfriend.
Police said Parker forced the woman into a vehicle against her will outside her residence on the city’s northwest side. The victim’s family and friends alerted them to the situation after an Instagram live video allegedly showed Parker pointing a gun at her.
The victim was later found safe.
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Parker was arrested for the alleged kidnapping of his girlfriend in July 2022.
(Metropolitan Police Department)
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Parker was charged with kidnapping armed with a weapon in that case.
Contraband and weapons searches occur at detention facilities, according to an MPD standard operating procedures document. Longer searches of a person in custody must be approved by a watch commander.
MPD says the department’s internal affairs office is investigating Parker’s death.
