UPDATE — 10/20/25, 9:55 a.m. ET: Former NFL running back Doug Martin reportedly died while in police custody for an alleged robbery.
Martin, 36, died at a hospital on Saturday, October 18, after police responded to reports of a home break-in just after 4:15 a.m. in East Oakland, according to the East Bay Times.
Police were “simultaneously” made aware that the suspected burglar was having “a medical emergency,” according to a statement by the Oakland Police Department.
There was a “brief struggle” when police contacted the alleged burglar, who then became unresponsive after being taken into cu
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