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County jail inmate collapses, dies while being released

Was serving a two-day sentence

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Roosevelt Gray (Credit: Cook County Sheriff)

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CHICAGO — A Cook County Jail inmate collapsed and died Thursday morning while he was being released from the jail after serving a two-day sentence, authorities said.

Roosevelt Gray, 26, of Calumet City was booked into the jail on Tuesday after being convicted of driving on a suspended license, Cook County Sheriff’s spokesman Ben Breit said.

Gray was being discharged Thursday when he collapsed in the jail’s receiving room at 10:54 a.m., Breit said.

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