{"id":615645,"date":"2025-12-06T09:31:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615645\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T09:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:31:23","slug":"man-died-in-police-custody-after-major-glasgow-police-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615645\/","title":{"rendered":"Man died in police custody after major Glasgow police incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 39-year-old man died in custody following an incident on Berkeley Street in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

09:03, 06 Dec 2025Updated 09:23, 06 Dec 2025<\/p>\n

Police Scotland officers at the scene on Berkeley Street in Glasgow(Image: Tony Nicoletti\/Daily Record)<\/p>\n

A man was in police custody when he died following an incident at a Glasgow<\/a> city centre flat.<\/p>\n

Emergency services rushed to Berkeley Street <\/a>after the alarm was raised at 6.45am on Friday, December 5.<\/p>\n

Police Scotland<\/a> has confirmed a 39-year-old man was taken into police custody where he became unresponsive before being pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Two women, aged 25 and 40, and a 27-year-old man were also taken to hospital<\/a> with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

Police say the man\u2019s death is being treated as unexplained, and enquiries into the incident <\/a>are ongoing.<\/p>\n

Emergency crews remain at the scene on Saturday morning but officers confirmed there is no risk to the wider public.<\/p>\n

Police Scotland forensics and officers attend a scene of crime on Berkeley Street Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Photos taken from the scene <\/a>on Friday showed a large cordon in place with multiple officers standing guard. A small forensic tent was also erected in the middle of the road.<\/p>\n

Forensic officers in white suits were on the scene and were spotted taking swabs and pictures of a cop car at the scene. Multiple police vehicles and ambulances were in attendance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One eyewitness, who stays in an apartment on the street, said her flatmate heard “shouting” at the time of the incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police Scotland officers attend a scene of crime on Berkeley Street Glasgow.<\/p>\n

She said: “I live right beside where the body is. I don’t know what has happened but my flatmate said she saw four people outside shouting this morning.”<\/p>\n

One man attempting<\/a> to enter the Gurdwara Temple said he was “shocked”. He added: “I turned up to the temple this morning and I can’t enter. I was shocked at the police presence. Something horrible has happened.”<\/p>\n

Another resident heard sirens<\/a> on Friday morning. She said: “I heard sirens whizzing past my house at around 7am this morning. I just assumed they were taking a shortcut for something happening in the town. I never expected anything to happen on this street.”<\/p>\n

The scene of crime on Berkeley Street Glasgow.<\/p>\n

A statement from Police Scotland on Saturday morning read: “Enquiries are continuing after police were called to a report of a disturbance in Berkeley Street, Glasgow around 6.45am on Friday, 5 December.<\/p>\n

“A 39-year-old man was taken into police custody, became unresponsive and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Scottish Ambulance Service. His family is aware.<\/p>\n

“Two women aged 25 and 40 and a 27-year-old man were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

“The death is being treated as unexplained. Officers remain at the scene and there is no threat to the wider public.”<\/p>\n

\"InquiriesInquiries are ongoing(Image: Tony Nicoletti\/Daily Record)<\/p>\n

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: \u201cWe received a call at 07:08 to attend an incident on Berkeley Street, Glasgow. We dispatched four ambulances, a paramedic response unit (PRU), a special operations response unit (SORT), and a trauma team to the scene.<\/p>\n

“We transported one patient to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and two patients to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 39-year-old man died in custody following an incident on Berkeley Street in Glasgow. 09:03, 06 Dec 2025Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,600,918,4884,712,182,12550,1470,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-615645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-facebook","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-social-media","14":"tag-sunday-mail","15":"tag-twitter","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115671931246981461","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}