Jeffrey Dunigan

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Jeffrey Dunigan was arrested for trespassing when he allegedly refused to get out of a wheelchair after being discharged from Bronson Methodist Hospital. Officers handcuffed Dunigan and placed him in a police car with the assistance of Bronson security. On the way to the Kalamazoo County Jail, officers Derek Nugent and Eric Shaffer stopped to check on Dunigan after hearing what they described as "snoring." The officers said they tried to sit Dunigan upright as he had slid down to the floorboard. They arrived at the jail at 6:56 a.m. Life-saving efforts were reportedly started by jail staff with assistance from Nugent and Shaffer. Dunigan was pronounced dead at 7:41 a.m. Dunigan's death was ruled an accident caused by "hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and end stage renal disease complicated by acute intoxication by the combined effects of hydrocodone, diphenhydramine, ephedrine and gabapentin," according to a postmortem examination report. Nugent and Schaffer were suspended for failing to recognize his condition.

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This record exists so that Jeffrey Dunigan, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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