Miami-Dade Police – NBC 6 South Florida

Authorities are investigating after an unruly patron at a southwest Miami-Dade AutoZone died after he was handcuffed by police Monday night.

Officers responded to the auto parts store in the 9300 block of SW 56th Street to reports of a man being violent and throwing things inside the store, according to Miami-Dade Police Detective Luis Sierra.

After the 42-year-old man was put into handcuffs, he became unresponsive, Sierra said. Officers and paramedics performed CPR before the man was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The man was not identified. Sierra said there was currently no indication of the use of force or weapons from officers.

“They were able to put him into custody, and right when they put the cuffs on him is when he became unresponsive,” Sierra said.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating, which is routine for incidents of in-custody deaths.

“… He was just walking around the store and acting weird, and then he got inside of Auto Zone,” said Logan Rios, an employee of a nearby store. “They were saying he passed out, that he was going out of control, that he was saying he was gonna die.”

It’s unclear whether drugs or alcohol were a factor in this case.

Further details were not available. Check back with NBC 6 for updates.