The Texas Rangers are investigating an in-custody death Saturday morning involving a prisoner at the Bi-State Justice Center Jail.
Juan Cordova-Sanchez, 26 of Nash, Texas, was taken to Wadley Regional Medical Center after reportedly losing consciousness while in the jail.
Cordova-Sanchez flagged down off-duty Texarkana, Ark., Police Officer Tanner Freeman shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Texas Boulevard and New Boston Road, according to prepared statement released Sunday afternoon by the Texarkana, Texas, Police Department.
When Freeman attempted to make contact with Cordova-Sanchez, the Nash resident, who was in a vehicle, suddenly drove south on Texas Boulevard away from the scene. Freeman then activated his emergency lights and siren and pursued Cordova-Sanchez. With the officer still behind him, Cordova-Sanchez called the 911 operator and indicated that he may possibly be injured, but refused to provide any further information.
As Freeman and the suspect continued south, Cordova-Sanchez pulled left onto a sidewalk curb on Texas Boulevard and then continued east before reaching a Wadley hospital parking lot. There, the suspect turned around in the lot, striking another curb before pulling back out west onto Texas Boulevard and heading south again toward the Bi-State Justice Center.