THUNDER BAY - After 25-year-old Emmanuel Oruitemeka became unresponsive while inside the Thunder Bay Police Service headquarters, officers say they did not initiate any first-aid because it was believed he was still breathing, but his breathing was likely inadequate and not providing enough oxygen to his brain.
Oruitemeka was first arrested on Feb. 12, 2014 after police responded to a possible weapons call in the Trillium Way area involving three Black males. There was an attempt to place Oruitemeka back into the police cruiser to be transported to hospital, but officers were unable to and he was left on the floor of the sally port.
“This stuff happens really fast,” said retired Staff Sgt. William Boote. “A person coming in in that state is the norm, not a one off. These guys crash very, very fast. For a person to get their head around it or thinking it's excited delirium from cocaine ingestion or thinking it’s anything else, this stuff happens extremely fast.”Const. Lars Holt, who retired in 2016 from the Thunder Bay Police Service, said he was shocked when he heard Oruitemeka was vital signs absent.
“But again, as I indicated previously, we did witness him still breathing,” Mulligan said. “So going any closer to assess further, there was no wounds, no broken bones, we saw the airway was unobstructed. So at that point, it was waiting for EMS to arrive.” “Agonal respiration is respirations that are inadequate to sustain life but appear as though the patient is breathing on their own,” Monas testified on Monday.
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