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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – A man in police custody died Thursday in Northern California after smashing a hospital window with a metal oxygen tank and falling from a ledge following an altercation with an officer and a nurse, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The man was being held for allegedly violating a court order, according to San Jose police. Officers took him to the hospital for an unspecified pre-existing condition.<\/p>\n
The man is accused of assaulting an officer and threatening to hit the officer and a nurse with the oxygen tank, police said. They left the room and called for more help.<\/p>\n
The man broke the window with the oxygen tank while alone in the hospital room and jumped onto a ledge, the police department said. The officer and two hospital security guards re-entered the room to stop the man’s escape attempt, but he fell 20 feet (6.10 meters) from the ledge. <\/p>\n
The man suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at another hospital. His death in police custody is under investigation. <\/p>\n
San Jose is about 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) southeast of downtown San Francisco.<\/p>\n
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