NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― A Yale University professor accused of fighting police officers who tried to handcuff him after a domestic-dispute complaint was taken to a jail and died the next day, authorities said Wednesday.
Samuel See was found unresponsive in his cell at the Union Avenue detention facility on Sunday and later was pronounced dead, New Haven police said. The medical examiner’s office said the cause of his death was pending further study. Police and court officials are investigating the death.
See, 34, was an assistant professor of English and American studies who was on leave from Yale, the university said.
Yale said it was deeply saddened to learn of See’s death and encouraged those who need support to reach out to it for counseling.
“Our condolences go out to his family, faculty colleagues, and students, and his friends at Yale and elsewhere,” Yale said in a statement.
See was charged on Saturday with violating a protective order, threatening and interfering with police after fighting with officers when they tried to handcuff him, police said. He was treated for a cut above his eye at a hospital, they said.
