PALM SPRINGS, CA — A man accused of aiding the bomber who targeted a Southern California fertility clinic in May has died in federal custody, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said on June 24.
Daniel Park, 32, of Washington state, was found unresponsive at 7:30 a.m. local time at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement. Facility employees "initiated life-saving measures" on Park who was then transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the agency.
The Bureau of Prisons did not share Park's cause of death but said the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service were notified. The agency noted in its statement that no other inmates or employees were injured in the incident and there was never a danger to the public.
Park arrived at the facility on June 13 under pretrial status, according to the Bureau of Prisons. He was arrested in Poland and taken into custody by the FBI at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City earlier this month, authorities said.
Authorities accused Park of collaborating with Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, who died in a powerful explosion on May 17 after driving a car containing an explosive device to a fertility clinic in Palm Springs.
