     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON ON JULY 6, 1996 WHERE HE WAS SERVING A FIVE YEAR SENTENCE SINCE 1992 FOR STRONG ARMED ROBBERY.
     JULY 20, 1996 FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED TO 3045 NORTHWEST 62ND STREET. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL DEC''D WAS FOUND ON THE OUTSIDE, UNRESPONSIVE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HIALEAH HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED UNRESPONSIVE, COMATOSE AND PUPILS FIXED. HE WAS INTUBATED AND TAKEN TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS: INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE SECONDARY TO POSSIBLE COCAINE OVERDOSE. HIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND ON JULY 22, 1996 HE WAS PRONOUCED DEAD. FAMILY AGREED TO ORGAN DONATION.

     FURTHER POLICE INVESTIGATION REVEALED: ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT, THE DECEASED WAS WITNESSED TO DRIVE INTO THE AREA AND ACCORDING TO A STREET VENDOR, HE PROCEEDED TO SMOKE WHAT APPEARED TO BE "CRACK COCAINE". AFTERWARDS HE EXITED HIS VEHICLE WHERE HE COLLAPSED. BYSTANDERS ATTEMPTED TO PICK HIM UP AND SUMMONED FIRE-RESCUE. 