“There have been a number of rumors circulating on social media today regarding inmate Mitchell Brad Martinez. This afternoon, Sheriff Loar spoke to the media regarding this case. Videos were shared with the media of Inmate Martinez entering the transport van and upon his arrival at the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office. He was transported with seven other male inmates in the rear compartment, despite being separated. Both Corrections Transport Deputies reported no stops and the 8 minutes of elapsed time is consistent with the time it would take to drive the transport van from the Indian River County Courthouse to the Indian River County Jail. Upon arrival at the jail, deputies found Inmate Martinez unresponsive and began performing CPR on him as they awaited arrival of EMS. Inmate Martinez was then transported to Indian River Memorial Hospital where he remains on life support. At this time, we continue to investigate this incident to determine what may have caused Inmate Martinez to become unresponsive. Attached is the video of the transport van as it arrived at the Indian River County Jail.” The department wrote on Facebook when uploading the video.