A summary of Richmondside’s 5-part series about two men who died a year apart after being restrained by Richmond police officers and sedated by paramedics.
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An off-duty nurse’s behavior startled onlookers. He died 90 minutes after police arrived
Police were trying to handcuff a bleeding Ivan Gutzalenko when the situation escalated. He was sedated by a paramedic and stopped breathing.
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Their deaths were similar. The Contra Costa coroner’s process was not
In 2020 and 2021, two Richmond men died after being restrained and sedated. Records show differences in how the cases were handled. The coroner’s office won’t say why.
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Inside a reporter’s 3-year effort to investigate the deaths of 2 men after forced sedations
Richmondside reporter Joel Umanzor shares how he used public records and drew on personal relationships to tell the stories of Jose Luis Lopez and Ivan Gutzalenko.
