The San Fernando Police Department (SFPD) has identified the male found unresponsive and pronounced dead in the parking lot of the Cathedral Medical – Urgent Care Clinic on Aug. 29.
Howard Reese Russell, 83, had just visited the clinic and had a medical incident in the parking lot, according to SFPD Commander CJ Chiasson. He said the police received a call about an unresponsive African American male in the lot at approximately 12:32 p.m.
Russell was pronounced dead at the scene, Chiasson said, adding, “There were no special circumstances, no evidence of foul play or drugs or anything like that.”
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office listed the cause of death as hypertensive cardiovascular disease.