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LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas Metropolis Chiefs defensive sort out was discovered lifeless in a Kansas federal jail the place he was being held on prices of unlawful firearms possession, a jail official mentioned.
Saousoalii Siavii Jr., 43, was discovered unresponsive on the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth on Thursday afternoon, U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Anna Armijo mentioned in a press release, The Kansas Metropolis Star reported. Siavii was handled by jail employees and brought to an space hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless.
The jail didn't launch further particulars about Siavii’s dying. An e-mail despatched to a BOP spokesperson from The Related Press was not instantly returned Friday.
An e-mail in search of remark from Siavii’s legal professional was not instantly returned Friday.
From American Samoa, the 6-foot-5, 315-pound former Oregon lineman was drafted by Kansas Metropolis within the second spherical in 2004 and spent two seasons with the Chiefs. He performed for Dallas in 2009 and Seattle in 2010.
In August 2019, Siavii was arrested and later charged with being an illegal drug person in possession of firearms after suburban Kansas Metropolis police say he was noticed exiting a automobile reported stolen and preventing with officers, who used a stun gun on him twice through the arrest. Prosecutors alleged Siavii possessed a gun, ammunition, methamphetamine and marijuana.