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Tito Jackson Suffered Medical Emergency Near Mall Before Death, Police Say [Video]

Tito Jackson, who died at 70 years old on Sunday, Sept. 15, suffered a medical emergency at a New Mexico shopping center earlier that evening, according to a Gallup Police Department press release obtained by PEOPLE.

Around 6:15 p.m. on Sunday in Gallup, N.M., a Gallup Police Department officer was notified that was “an individual requiring medical attention and promptly requested an ambulance” near the American Heritage Plaza, per the GPD press release.

The individual was then transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Afterward, he was identified as Toriano “Tito” Jackson from Tulsa, Okla.

A cause of death was not listed in the police report. The preliminary investigation into Jackson’s death is still ongoing. Witnesses are still being interviewed and investigators are still examining both physical and electronic evidence.

Tito Jackson on October 9, 2017 in London, England.

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