Former NFL defensive tackle Saousoalii “Junior” Siavii died in a Kansas prison.
While awaiting trial on federal gun and drug trafficking charges, records show.
Junior Siavii
Ex-NFL player Junior Siavii, 43, was found unresponsive Thursday in the US Penitentiary in Leavenworth just after 2:30 P.M.
US Bureau of Prison spokeswoman Anna Armijo told The Kansas City Star.
No details surrounding the ex-Kansas City Chiefs player’s death were immediately available.
Armijo said no prison staff or inmates were injured and “at no time was the public in danger.” the Star reported.
Junior Siavii was arrested in August 2019.
After police spotted him driving a vehicle that had been reported stolen in the Kansas City suburb of Independence.
Prosecutors said the 6-foot-5, 315-pound Saousoalii Poe Siavii, Jr. fought off officers.
Who tased him twice during the confrontation.
Junior Siavii was finally subdued and cuffed after an officer performed a neck restraint on Siavii until he went unconscious.
Junior Siavii was found to own a gun, ammunition, methamphetamine, and marijuana.
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