article_snippet.sent: Chief Mark Holtzman says a man in custody died either inside an ambulance, accompanied by two officers, or at the hospital where a man in custody was pronounced dead shortly early Friday morning.
article_snippet.sent: police said him was pronounced dead shortly after midnight at the nearby Meritus Medical Center.
article_snippet.sent: The Office of the State Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death, said Officer Heather Aleshire, a police spokeswoman.
article_snippet.sent: The man, who has not yet been identified, was said to be under the influence of drugs before police used a Taser and him was pronounced dead at a local hospital .
highlights_snippet.sent: Black man was Tasered outside of house and pronounced dead at hospital .
  