She had called the police one day in March to help her son, who was in the midst of a mental health crisis. “We called them to come and help us, to get some help,” Briceno said, choking up during an interview at her Maywood home. Eric Briceno — 6 feet tall and weighing nearly 300 pounds, records show — was in his room sleeping when deputies arrived, his mother said. “They went, ‘Eric, Eric!’ So he got scared,” his mother said. Paz said Eric Briceno was declared dead within eight minutes of arriving at the hospital.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 22, 2020 12:02 UTC