State Bureau of Investigation Launches “In-Custody” Death Investigation
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
April 1. 2026
MONROE COUNTY, Ala. – On Monday, March 30, at approximately 3:50 p.m., at the request of the Monroeville Police Department, Special Agents assigned to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) launched an investigation into an in-custody death.
Ammarin Lada Tunstall, 35, of Monroeville, was arrested by Officers with the Monroeville Police Department on Monday, March 30, 2026.
During the course of the incident, Tunstall became unresponsive and emergency personnel administered a dose of Naloxone (Narcan), which is a life-saving medicine in the form of a nasal spray that can revive a person who has overdosed on opioids.
Tunstall was immediately transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
Tunstall’s body has been released to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) for an autopsy.
The investigation remains ongoing and once complete, the findings will be turned over to the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office.
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