That patient, 44-year-old Leonardo Guerrero, was pronounced dead at Thorek Memorial Hospital on August 31. He stopped breathing while he was strapped to a stretcher.
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The fire department looked at body camera video from a police officer who was there. Its investigation found the paramedics violated several protocols, and the death was ruled a homicide.
Paramedic Dakota Ibrahim was fired. His fellow paramedic Joseph Schultz was suspended.