Shaun Humphrey died three years ago a week after an altercation with jail deputies in the Erie County Holding Center. Share onBody-worn camera video of an Aug. 8, 2026 altercation preceding the death of Erie County Holding Center inmate Shaun Humphrey. State investigators have released three-year-old body-camera video of Erie County Holding Center guards violently restraining a man in their custody until he becomes unresponsive. Investigative Post broke the story of Humphrey’s death after the New York State Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigations opened an inquiry six months after he died. The Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Humphrey’s death a homicide, according to Melissa Wischerath, who represents Humphrey’s daughter in a wrongful death lawsuit.