SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi — Southaven police took a man into custody Saturday evening at the Snowden Grove Amphitheater because he was acting erratically in public.
The suspect, identified as Troy Goode, later died at the hospital.
Investigators said they were called to a disturbance on Goodman Road on Saturday.
According to concert-goers, Goode was acting erratically because he overdosed on LSD after leaving early from the ‘Widespread Panic’ concert.
“He was under the influence and so the wife began to drive them home,” Tim Edwards, the family’s attorney, told a local news station.
From WREG: At some point, Edwards said, Goode got out of the car and began running around.
Southaven Police said they were called to a shopping complex on Goodman around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday.
Police say they “attempted to detain the subject who began to resist and run from them again. He was eventually restrained by Officers and transferred to an awaiting ambulance to be transported to the hospital.”
“They showed up in force and subdued him,” Edwards said. “They hogtied and put his face down on the stretcher.”
Edwards claimed a witness heard Goode scream that he could not breathe.
Video from witnesses shows Goode’s legs tied behind him, as first responders put him on a stretcher and into an ambulance.
Autopsy and toxicology reports are scheduled on Goode’s body to help investigators figure out if the LSD or anything else he may have taken could have contributed to his death.
When asked why Goode was restrained the way he was, a Southaven police spokesperson said, “It is normal protocol and procedure to use the restraint that is deemed necessary to stop an individual from continuing to hurt himself or herself or to protect medical personnel while they treat them.”
An investigation is underway to get more details into how the man died.
