     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 26, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT A BARBER SHOP WHEN HE SUDDENLY WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.  FIRE RESCUE FOUND HIM IN ASYSTOLIC RHYTHM AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER.  HE ARRIVED IN THE E/R IN FULL CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST AND CPR CONTINUED.  HE DEGENERATED TO V-FIB. WAS SHOCKED, BUT DID NOT RESPOND.  DESPITE AGGRESSIVE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 2:19 PM.
     THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICENCY VIRUS, HEART DISEASE, HYPERTENSION AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE.  HE DID NOT HAVE A PRIVATE PHYSICIAN, BUT WAS TREATED AT NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER AS A WALK-IN PATIENT IN THE PAST. 