text: According to an incident report, Tawon Boyd attempted to enter two police cars, ran to a neighbor’s house and shouted: ‘Help! Call the police’ 
   
   Baltimore man who called 911 for help dies after being punched by police 
   
   A 21-year-old man died in a hospital near Baltimore on Wednesday, after an altercation with county police officers who repeatedly punched him as they responded to a call for an ambulance. 
   
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   Tawon Boyd was pronounced dead after doctors failed to revive him following his encounter with the police. An autopsy has not been completed. 
   
   According to initial accounts by the Baltimore County police department, officers were responding to a 911 call placed by Boyd’s girlfriend, Deona Styron. But a lawyer for Boyd’s family, Latoya Francis-Williams, told a different story. She said Boyd called 911 himself because he was feeling disoriented and needed an ambulance. 
   
   “They really were supposed to be there to get him to the nearest healthcare facility,” Francis-Williams said. 
   
   After being questioned on the discrepancy, the police department updated its account, saying: “Police originally thought the girlfriend was the caller because the information passed on to police from the dispatcher said ‘female yelling on the phone’.” 
   
   According to the police incident report: “The call stated that there is a female yelling in the background. 911 added that a female keeps saying ‘Tell them hurry up’.” 
   
   Boyd repeatedly asked officers to enter his home, the report said, and asked a neighbor to call the police. Boyd told officers that Styron, who lived with him, “got him intoxicated and is secretly recording him while someone else is in the home”. The author of the police report described Boyd as “confused and paranoid”. Boyd asked officers to go into the house and find out who was inside. 
   
   According to the report, Boyd attempted to enter two police cars and then ran to a neighbor’s house and banged on the door, calling: “Help! Call the police!” 
   
   “It was obvious suspect Boyd was under the influence of a narcotic and/or suffering [REDACTED] and needed to be taken to the hospital for emergency evaluation,” the report noted. 
   
   By the time medics loaded Boyd into the back of an ambulance, he reportedly had physical injuries imposed by officers. 
   
   The report does not describe Boyd as violent or threatening, saying Boyd seemed to scratch the author’s neck and accidentally kick another officer, named Garland, “while trying to stand”. Boyd grabbed a third officer’s face, the report said, describing his hand slipping down to the officer’s badge and microphone. That officer, Bowman, “delivered two closed fist strikes to the suspect’s face with his right fist”. 
   
   Francis-Williams said: “He is literally attacked. And by attacked, I mean the witness [Styron] is describing that he [was] struck many times and struck to the ground. 
   
   “Officer Bowman is the one that when he arrived, really started wailing on Mr Boyd, meaning Mr Boyd was on the ground in a prone position and Bowman sat on him, almost straddled his back, and put his left arm under Boyd’s neck and pulled his head up in a choking fashion.” 
   
   This is not too far from the language used in the incident report, which says “officers were able to get him under control by using our body weight to keep him on the ground. Officer Bowman controlled Suspect Boyd’s head and arms by holding him down with his arms while [the report author] held Suspect Boyd down by leaning on his buttocks/thigh area with my knees and using my arms.” 
   
   Boyd’s grandmother, Linda Burch, told the Baltimore Sun: “I kept telling them stop before they hurt him because I told them they could kill him like that. They told me to go across the street before they lock me up.” 
   
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   Styron could not be reached for comment. Of her own conversation with Styron, Francis-Williams said: “According to the witness, Mr Boyd was screaming, ‘Stop, stop, I can’t breathe.’ That could have been from the choking but at the same time, officer Bowman is punching and striking Mr Boyd in the face and in the neck area. 
   
   “The witness described that after a little she’s screaming, ‘Stop,’ and Mr Boyd is kind of foaming at the mouth or spitting and his body goes limp.” 
   
   According to the incident report, Boyd became so calm that Bowman “asked a medic to check the suspect for a pulse”. The report noted that the “medics advised that the suspect did have a heartbeat prior to being transported”. 
   
   The report ends with a redacted list of minor injuries sustained by the officers. Boyd ended up in intensive care. 
   
   Though an autopsy has not been released, Francis-Williams said there was “swelling on the brain and fluid on the brain because the doctors attempted to drain that. 
   
   “My understanding is his kidneys end up failing and at some point, his heart stops,” she said. 
   
   Police officials said the autopsy report could take as long as a month to complete. ||||| Baltimore County police and fire officials are investigating the circumstances behind the death of 21-year-old Tawon Boyd, who died Wednesday, three days after police struggled with him while responding to a disturbance call. 
   
   A medic who was called to the scene gave Boyd medication to calm him down. Autopsy results are a critical component in this case, because they might reveal whether the drug haloperidol, which sources said medics gave the victim to calm him down, contributed to his death. Police confirm a key element of this case will be the impact the calming drug may have had on Boyd. 
   
   "The autopsy is a crucial piece of evidence," said A. Dwight Pettit, an attorney representing the Boyd family. 
   
   Instead of a wedding and baby shower, Boyd's family is planning a funeral. 
   
   "I just want my son back. They could have Tased him. They could have maced him. They could have done anything," said Martha Boyd, Tawon Boyd's mother. 
   
   Baltimore County police responded to a disturbance call around 3 a.m. Friday at Akin Circle in Middle River. Officers said Tawon Boyd seemed confused, paranoid and sweated heavily. 
   
   Police called an ambulance. According to sources, one of the medics gave Tawon Boyd haloperidol, an antipsychotic drug used to calm agitated individuals. Police write in their report, "Boyd became so calm that Officer Bowman asked a medic to check the suspect for a pulse." 
   
   PDF: Read the police report 
   
   According to the incident report, Tawon Boyd told police, "There is someone in the house. You need to go inside and search. He further stated that he believes his girlfriend got him intoxicated and is secretly recording him while someone else is in the home." 
   
   "There has been a statement put out that his mind wasn't right cognitively, but certainly nothing dealing with aggression, or anger, or abuse," said Latoya Francis-Willilams, an attorney representing the Boyd family. 
   
   Tawon Boyd's girlfriend told police that he had been drinking and smoking pot. Officers reported that when they tried to take him to a hospital for an emergency evaluation, Tawon Boyd ran, screaming, knocking on neighbors' doors, asking them to call police. Officers said he resisted all attempts to restrain him. 
   
   "Police were on his shoulders and had him face-down on the ground. They was (sic) holding him. (It looked) like they was (sic) hitting him, or something," said Linda Burch, Tawon Boyd's grandmother. 
   
   Police write in their report that during the scuffle, an officer punched Tawon Boyd twice in the face. 
   
   "I said, 'You are hurting him, hurting him.' He kept saying, 'Grandma, they trying (sic) to kill me. They trying (sic) to kill me, grandma,'" Burch said. 
   
   It will be at least seven days before autopsy results are available. 
   
   Baltimore County authorities said there were two 911 calls. The calls have not yet been released. The Baltimore County 911 Center received the first call at 3:06:45 (it ends at 3:20:11), and Tawon Boyd is the caller. Police originally thought the girlfriend was the caller because the information passed on to police from the dispatcher said, "Female yelling on the phone." 
   
   The caller, assumed to be Tawon Boyd, is understandable at various moments, but the tape consists mostly of screaming from Tawon Boyd and the girlfriend, and is difficult to understand. Tawon Boyd does not call for medical help. Based on this call, police were dispatched to a disturbance. 
   
   The second call came at 3:25:49 and ended at 3:33:58. This was an open call that consists mostly of screaming and other noise. It is unclear who placed the call. 
   
   A review of dispatch records has indicated the following timeline: 
   
   Police are dispatched at 3:09 for a disturbance. 
   
   Police unit arrives at 3:18. 
   
   Police call for EMS at 3:28. 
   
   EMS arrives at 3:33. 
   
   EMS leaves scene with patient at 3:58. 
   
   EMS arrives at hospital at 4:10. 
   
   
   
  
target: – A 21-year-old Baltimore County man died in the hospital three days after being repeatedly punched by officers responding to his 911 call, the Guardian reports. According to the Baltimore Sun, Tawon Boyd called 911 early last Sunday. He told officers his girlfriend, Deona Styron, had "got him intoxicated and is secretly recording him." Boyd's grandmother, Linda Burch, says Boyd "was acting...like he was on something." Police noted he seemed "confused and paranoid," and it was clear he "needed to be taken to the hospital." But Boyd started trying to get into police cars and resisted attempts to restrain him, resulting in minor injuries to three officers. Based on the police report, it doesn't appear Boyd was trying to hurt the officers. He was holding onto one of the officer's shirts when the officer punched him twice in the face. At that point, the family's lawyer, Latoya Francis-Williams, says Boyd was "literally attacked" by officers. She says they got on top of him and "really started wailing." “I kept telling them stop before they hurt him,” Burch tells the Sun. “They told me to go across the street before they lock me up.” WBAL reports a medic gave Boyd haloperidol, an antipsychotic drug, to calm him down. An autopsy is now looking into whether the drug played a role in Boyd's death Wednesday from heart and kidney failure. Boyd's family is accusing the police of using too much force. “Mr. Boyd was in need of medical attention, and the police responded with violence,” Francis-Williams tells the Sun.