An investigation is underway after a Paterson man died in his cell at the Bergen County Jail.
Staff at the jail found Qadir McCrae, 29, unresponsive in his cell around 3:15 a.m. on March 26, according to Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Deputy Chief Jeff Angermeyer.
“Lifesaving measures were immediately initiated, emergency medical personnel responded to the scene, and he was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center,” said Angermeyer. “He was pronounced died at 3:56 a.m.”
Angermeyer said he was being held on charges of manufacturing and distributing drugs out of Passaic County.
McCrae had been transported on March 11 to Bergen County jail from St. Joseph hospital where he had been treated for a gunshot wound after a shooting on March 6 near Broadway and Main Street in Paterson.
The Office of the Medical Examiner has not determined his cause of death, according to Angermeyer.
The Office of the Attorney General, which investigates in custody deaths, said the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office is handling the investigation.
Members of the McCrae family could not be reached for comment.
The funeral is scheduled for Friday evening, according to his obituary.
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