All three people known to have died in NYPD booking facilities so far this year had acute drug intoxication listed among the causes of their deaths, according to newly released findings from the city's medical examiner. By comparison, people who died in NYPD custody in 2025 died from a range of causes, including natural disease, suicide and acute drug intoxication, according to medical examiner records. The city's Department of Investigation is examining all deaths in NYPD custody, an inquiry it opened in 2025 amid a string of such deaths. The medical examiner attributed his death to a seizure disorder complicating acute intoxication from cocaine and the synthetic cannabinoid MDMB-4en-PINACA. The medical examiner attributed his death to acute intoxication from fentanyl, beta-hydroxyfentanyl and cocaine.