Police say teen shot self in head — while hands cuffed behind back

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24. ... Jesus Huerta ... was picked up on an outstanding second-degree trespassing charge from July

after family members in a 911 call reported concerns for his safety ...
Durham leaders will rely on SBI report after teen's police custody death
November 25

... Officer Samuel Duncan was transporting Jesus Huerta to police headquarters on West Chapel Hill Street shortly before 3 a.m. to pick up a warrant charging the teen with second-degree trespassing. When the officer got to the parking lot, he heard a loud noise in the car and jumped from the vehicle, police said. The patrol car rolled into a van and came to rest with Huerta in the back seat. "Based on the preliminary investigation, it does not appear that any Durham police officer fired a weapon during this incident," Police Chief Jose Lopez told reporters in a statement Tuesday morning ...
17-year-old dies in Durham police custody
Posted: November 19
Updated: 6:46 p.m. Tuesday

... Huerta’s older sister had called 911 to ask that police be on the lookout for him after he left home about 2 a.m. Duncan stopped Huerta about an hour later and took him into custody after discovering that the teenager had an outstanding warrant issued in July for second-degree trespassing. Huerta was found with another man, who gave a false name but was later identified as Jaime Perez, according to police. Perez was issued a citation for resist, delay and obstruct and then released ...
Durham police says teen shot self, family accuses officials of withholding facts
By Jim Wise
December 11, 2013

Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez said ... Jesus Huerta, 17, died of a self-inflicted gunshot would to the head in November. Lopez said a handgun was found in the car and that Huerta was still handcuffed from behind ... Chief Lopez said Huerta was searched by police prior to the shooting incident and the weapon was not detected ... "While incidents like this are not common, they unfortunately have happened in other jurisdictions in the past" ...
Police: NC teen fatally shot self in head while handcuffed
CBS News December 12, 2013, 3: 03 PM