An autopsy indicates a Ventura County Jail inmate who collapsed during a court appearance died as a result of a pre-existing medical condition.
Walter Shandor of Oxnard was in a courtroom at the Ventura County Courthouse in Ventura Tuesday morning when he began having chest pains. Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies took him to a holding area, and called paramedics.
When he became unresponsive, the deputies began CPR on the 61 year old man. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died a short time later.