Lockport, NY (WBEN) The state attorney general's office is looking into the death of a man who died in Lockport Police custody this week.
"The Office of Attorney General has determined that we will assert jurisdiction in this matter. We are committed to a thorough and impartial investigation. We will not have any further comment at this time," says a statement from the AG's office into the death of Troy Hodge.
39 year old Troy Hodge died after police were called to a home on Pine Avenue early Monday. Police responded to a call of a man acting "unlike himself." Police say there was a scuffle after Hodge said he needed to get a weapon. Four officers were involved in the scuffle.
Hodge went into medical distress while in custody and an ambulance rushed Hodge to a nearby hospital, but died.
The officers have been identified as Lt. David Pytlik a 9-year veteran; Off. Daniel Barrancotta a 6-year veteran; and Officers Patricia Burdick and Marissa Bonito, who have both been with the department for a little more than a year.
