76-year-old inmate at Pima County Jail found dead in cell

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A 76-year-old inmate at the Pima County Jail in Tucson has died, authorities said Monday.

County Sheriff’s officials said corrections officers doing their rounds at 10 a.m. found Ricardo Pascual unresponsive in his cell.

Staff immediately entered the cell and began administering emergency life saving measures while they waited for Tucson Fire Department personnel to arrive.

After attempting to resuscitate the inmate, medical personnel pronounced him dead at the jail.

Sheriff’s officials said detectives responded to the jail and found no suspicious circumstances in Pascual’s death, but the investigation is continuing.

It was unclear what sentence Pasqual was serving or how long he had been in jail.