COBB COUNTY, Ga. — An 11Alive Reveal investigation has uncovered a video of a man detained by the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office who is repeatedly heard by staff screaming that he could not breathe, while deputies and medical personnel watched him slowly die.
It happened in September 2019, but details of his death were concealed for nine months until the sheriff’s office concluded its internal affairs investigation this past June.
The man who died in custody is Kevil Wingo, a 36-year-old Atlanta resident arrested for drug possession and booked into the Cobb County Detention Center.
Video inside the jail does not have sound, but recorded interviews conducted by sheriff investigators paint a picture of what happened the night Wingo died. Some of the interviews were conducted within hours of his death and include nearly 40 sheriff’s employees, medical staff, and fellow inmates.
The internal investigation report by the department says no staff member committed a crime or violated any jail policy. The report did not recommend disciplinary action taken on any employee.
Wingo’s family says what jail staffers did was a crime, and they need to be held accountable.
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