Autopsy confirms homicide by asphyxiation in Irvo Otieno's death while in police custody.

Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man, died of "positional and mechanical asphyxia with restraints" while being admitted to a Virginia mental hospital. Seven deputies and three hospital workers have been charged with second-degree murder in Otieno's death. The medical examiner's office confirmed the cause of death as homicide. Otieno's family and their attorneys have said he posed no danger to them and was simply trying to breathe during the encounter at the hospital shown on video.