The Associated Press
NEW RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) -- Town Marshal Richard Mark Clapp died of an apparent heart attack after struggling with a teenager during a domestic disturbance call, police said.
Montgomery County Sheriff Dennis Rice said that a heart attack is suspected in Clapp’s death on Thursday in New Richmond, about 45 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Preliminary autopsy results will likely be available Monday, he said.
Clapp, who had been the town’s marshal more than 20 years, was responding to a domestic disturbance Thursday night when he fell ill.
The 45-year-old was with his son, Aaron, a county jail officer, when he found 22-year-old Holly Frier standing outside her home, Rice said.
A 17-year-old thought to be Frier’s boyfriend was inside the house and resisted arrest. Clapp entered the house and wrestled with the teen until officers arrived to help with the arrest.
Clapp, who was left exhausted by his struggle, fell ill and was given oxygen at the scene. He was initially taken to a hospital in Crawfordsville and then to Indianapolis, where he was pronounced dead.
The teen, who was jailed at a Delaware County juvenile facility, faces preliminary juvenile charges including aggravated battery, battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest.