Clark County inmate who died after medical episode was Henderson man

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 34-year-old inmate who died after a “medical episode” at the Clark County Detention Center this week.

He was Kevin Lewis of Henderson, the coroner’s office said. The Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday identified him as a 31-year-old man.

Lewis’ cause and manner of death had not been released by the coroner’s office as of Friday morning. Police spokesman Aden OcampoGomez said that police do not believe the man’s death was related to the coronavirus, but the nature of the medical episode was not known.

Metro on Thursday said Lewis’ death came after he “appeared to be having a medical episode” about 11 p.m. Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at the jail.

Lewis had been transferred from the Henderson Detention Center on Tuesday and faced coercion and battery-domestic violence charges. He did not have any police interaction prior to the medical episode, police said.

Lewis was one of three people in Metro’s custody who have died following a “medical episode” in the past two weeks. The department has said none of the deaths was related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Metro on Tuesday announced that the day before that a man who was on house arrest died after a “medical episode.” The coroner’s office has identified the man as 39-year-old Baby John Petro of Las Vegas.

Petro’s death was ruled natural, caused by a blood clot in his lungs. The other significant condition in his death was atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The coroner’s office did not list COVID-19 as a cause or contributing factor in Petro’s death.

On April 7, Metro announced the death of another inmate at the jail, whom the coroner’s office later identified as 59-year-old Drew Max of Las Vegas. His cause and manner of death were still pending on Friday afternoon.

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