Wilted flowers beneath a stop sign mark the place where Silva went limp. He died across the street at Kern Medical Center.
Silva had abruptly left the home he shared with his girlfriend and four young daughters May 7. Family friends said he visited his mother and told her he was going to the hospital. In response to a search warrant, a judge on Friday ordered the Mary K. Shell Mental Health Center to release video to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office possibly showing Silva before the incident.
The 33-year-old apparently fell asleep on the sidewalk in this neighborhood of mostly immigrant families.
Authorities said officers responded to a report of a possibly intoxicated man. A family leaving the hospital said they saw two officers wake Silva and tell him not to move.