An inmate in the Lake County Jail died Saturday afternoon after officials say he was found having a seizure.
The inmate, a 50-year-old Zion man, was found around 4 p.m. having a seizure in his cell, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office. Paramedics transported the inmate to Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan, where he was pronounced dead.
Security surveillance cameras showed the inmate walked into his single-inmate cell, just before collapsing and seizing inside his cell.The Sheriff's Office says there were no signs of trauma on his body and no indications of foul play. The Lake County Coroner’s Office scheduled an autopsy for Tuesday.
The inmate was being held on the charges of armed habitual criminal, felon in possession of a firearm, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.All the news you need to know, every day
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