Inmate in Kentucky jail dies a day after being booked

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a man being held at a Kentucky jail died a day after being booked into the facility. The Fayette County Detention Center says 40-year-old Shareef Hasan Martin died on March 30. A statement from the facility says Martin was seen “suffering from apparent medical distress” at 6:21 p.m. Medical staff determined Martin needed to go to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead at 7:15 p.m. Martin had been booked into the jail the day before his death for violation of a protection order. Lexington Police and the county coroner’s officer are investigating the cause death.