     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JUNE 29, 1996 ABOUT 3:30 PM THE DECEASED WAS SITTING IN HIS YARD IN A CHAIR AND HE APPEARED TO BE SLEEPING.  ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER A MEMBER FOUND FOUND HIM LYING ON THE GROUND UNRESPONSIVE.
FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.
     THE DECEASE WAS UNDER THE CARE OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, ACUTE RENAL FAILURE, HYPERTENSION, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY, LIVER CONGESTION AND ANEMIA.  HE ALSO HAD A HISTORY OF MULTIPLE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND A CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT.