Mugshots: 8 charged in death of Irvo Otieno

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Family of Irvo Otieno calls for justice as video shows his death in custody

Family members of Irvo Otieno and their lawyers on Tuesday called for mental health reform and steps to be taken to avoid a repeat of what happened to the 28-year-old Henrico County man who died earlier this month in a Central State Hospital intake room.

“A mental health crisis should not be a death sentence,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump said during a press conference the First Baptist Church of South Richmond. “We don’t want anybody else in America whose family is dealing with a mental health crisis to be killed by the very people who are supposed to help them.”

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Central State Hospital — In this image from a Central State Hospital camera, Henrico County sheriff's deputies and other workers are shown with Irvo Otieno on March 6. The image was taken at 4:29 p.m.
Dinwiddie County Commonwealth's Attorney Office

The following video shows Irvo Otieno on March 6 at the Central State Hospital. Read more coverage here: https://bit.ly/3TvxZAN

My thoughts on the untimely death of Irvo Otieno: pic.twitter.com/4mGiKiLq7e
— Mayor Levar M. Stoney (@LevarStoney) March 21, 2023

7 Henrico sheriff's deputies charged with murder in death of Central State Hospital patient

7 Henrico sheriff's deputies charged with murder in death of Central State Hospital patient

Seven Henrico County sheriff’s deputies were charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in last week’s death of a 28-year-old mental health patient from Henrico who apparently was asphyxiated during a struggle with officers while being admitted to Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie County.

Prosecutor: Henrico deputies held down patient for 12 minutes, 'smothering him to death'

Prosecutor: Henrico deputies held down patient for 12 minutes, 'smothering him to death'

Seven Henrico County sheriff's deputies held down a mental patient on the floor for 12 minutes while he was shackled and handcuffed, eventually "smothering him to death," a Dinwiddie prosecutor said Wednesday.

Irvo Otieno's mother speaks out about his death at hospital: 'My son was tortured.'

Irvo Otieno's mother speaks out about his death at hospital: 'My son was tortured.'

This is continuing coverage of the death of Irvo Otieno, 28, at Central State Hospital.

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Williams: Irvo Otieno's death must lead to change

Williams: Irvo Otieno's death must lead to change

"I wish elected officials would spend less time worrying about civic unrest and more time addressing the broken systems that lead to that unrest," says The Times-Dispatch columnist Michael Paul Williams.

New video shows Irvo Otieno being held down by deputies at Virginia mental hospital

New video shows Irvo Otieno being held down by deputies at Virginia mental hospital

The video shows a handcuffed and shackled Irvo Otieno, 28, being pushed to the ground and restrained, then medical workers trying to revive him.