For the Ventura County Star from Camarillo, Calif. — Reports on the Aug. 7 death of a Thousand Oaks man shot with a stun gun by a Ventura County Sheriff’s deputy shed more light on how and why he died while in a hospital intensive care unit.

The documents, reviewed after the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office March 6 release of deputy body-worn camera video, include the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office review of the incident involving Mauricio Mateo Cuevas. It also includes the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s autopsy and death investigation.

The sheriff’s office said the timing of the video release complied with a state law that gives an agency 45 days to release footage after a critical incident or the completion of the incident investigation. The DA’s review was posted Jan. 28.

On July 24, a deputy shot Cuevas with a stun gun at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks.

His death was caused by complications from his heart stopping and, in essence, the time it took to resuscitate him, the autopsy report says. His ailing health from a diseased pancreas and a fatty liver from chronic alcoholism played a role in his death.

The examination also says Cuevas being restrained in a position partially on his side after an ‘agitated’ confrontation, the effects of the stun gun and the administration of medication were contributing factors in the man’s coma and death 15 days later, according to the reports.

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