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Suspect dies after domestic disturbance arrest

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INDIANAPOLIS -- A man arrested during a domestic disturbance call died in police custody Thursday night.

The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the man Friday as Herbert Seay, 36. 

Indianapolis police said officers were called to a domestic disturbance on the 4100 block of Balboa Drive around 9 p.m., where a teenage girl with blood on her said a male had attacked her and her mother.

Officers found Seay and a female victim. Police noticed some injuries to her face, and called an ambulance for her injuries. 

Seay was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery. He was cooperative and willingly submitted to the arrest, police say.

After the ambulance arrived for the victim's facial injuries, Seay started to complain of chest pain. Medical personnel called a second ambulance for the suspect, who was alert and talking. 

Seay was put into the second ambulance when it arrived. He went into cardiac arrest once escorted into the ambulance. EMS personnel began life-saving efforts on him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The teenager and first injured woman were taken to the hospital in good condition.

Police said they were conducting an in-custody death investigation. 

The Marion County Coroner's Office says the cause and manner of death are pending at this time. 

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