A 58-year-old man died in a Van Nuys jail cell after Los Angeles Police Department officers struck him repeatedly while he was handcuffed and pinned to the ground.

The LAPD on Friday, Aug. 28, released security camera footage of the July 15 incident, showing officers converging on Jose Carlos Hoyos-Munoz several times inside his cell at Van Nuys Regional Jail. The department simultaneously released video of a second fatal encounter, as the Los Angeles Times reported.

LAPD spokesperson Capt. Michael Bland said detention officers entered the cell to handcuff Hoyos-Munoz for his own safety after he behaved erratically. Bland said officers used force several times, including knee strikes, as they dragged a struggling Hoyos-Munoz from his cell and then brought him back in.

After Hoyos-Munoz climbed atop the toilet in his cell, officers re-entered and pinned him face-down on a bunk. Five officers held him down while one placed a knee on his shoulder blades. Officers had put a hood over his head after he spit on them, Bland said. He was left lying prone with his hands behind his back and the covering still on.

Video showed Hoyos-Munoz appearing motionless as officers left the cell. Police said detention officers who checked on him reported he "appeared to be breathing and exhibited signs of life" for the next 20 minutes. Officers later returned to find him unconscious and not breathing. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three jail guards sustained minor injuries during the encounter, according to Bland. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner had not released a cause or manner of death as of Friday, stating it was deferring its decision.

How Hoyos-Munoz ended up in custody

Hoyos-Munoz was arrested on the morning of July 13 after Devonshire Division officers responded to his family's home in the 9700 block of Delco Avenue in Chatsworth. Police said he was accused of stabbing his mother and another relative, causing minor injuries.

When he refused to leave the home, SWAT officers fired tear gas canisters inside and entered to arrest him. He was found kneeling in front of a piano and striking the keys, in apparent distress. After hospital treatment for tear gas exposure, he was booked into the Valley jail. Body-worn camera footage showed him appearing calm as he was led into the facility.

Bass announces independent review

Mayor Karen Bass called the videos "incredibly difficult to watch" and announced an executive order authorizing an independent evaluation of officer-involved deaths and severe injuries, particularly those involving people experiencing a mental health crisis.

Bass said decades of disinvestment in mental and behavioral health services have "left too many Angelenos without access to timely and appropriate care." The review will also examine what mental health support officers receive after critical incidents.

In addition to the LAPD's internal inquiry, the state's In-Custody Death Review Division will investigate.

The LAPD also released footage of a second death on Aug. 28: the July 29 fatal shooting of Alejandro Luis Garcia, 33, on Normandie Avenue below the 10 Freeway overpass in Harvard Heights. ABC7 reported Garcia was shot after advancing toward officers with a baseball bat. The footage appears to contradict an earlier LAPD news release that said Garcia was swinging the bat, according to the Times. The department did not identify the officers who fired.

Residents who wish to file a complaint about LAPD conduct can contact the department's Internal Affairs Division at (800) 339-6868.