Tag: Irvo Otieno

Irvo Otieno: Video Shows Deputies, Hospital Staff Pile Onto Man in Mental Health Crisis, Killing Him

Murder

Video from Virginia’s Central State Hospital shows the agonizing minutes that 10 sheriff’s deputies and hospital staff piled onto a Black man suffering from a mental health crisis, ultimately killing him as he was trapped at the bottom of the pile in handcuffs and leg shackles. Seven deputies and three members of the hospitals security …

Murder

March 18, 2023

7 Deputies, 3 Hospital Guards Charged With Murder in Death of Virginia Man Having Mental Health Crisis

Seven Virginia sheriff’s deputies and three hospital security guards have been charged with second degree murder in the death of a 28-year-old man in the thralls of a mental health crisis earlier this month. Irvo (pronounced EYE vo) Otieno died from asphyxiation on March 6 when the deputies and security guards piled on top of …