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HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Autopsy results have determined that Houston city councilman Larry Green's death was an accident. Green was discovered dead in his home on Tuesday, March 6. He was 52 years old. Green's family released this statement:
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has also released a statement about the autopsy results:
“This has stolen our council member from us," said councilman Michael Kubosh. “All of us expected maybe an aneurysm or heart attack, you know, that’s what we thought.”
In District K, where Green served and continues to be remembered, news of the autopsy results devastating an already sad community.
“It’s still hard to take because we just knew Larry," said an emotional Carolyne Oliver who lives in District K.
"Whatever the reason was that Larry did what he did, those drugs that were in his system, we just have to forgive that and remember what the person did for the community because we will never forget; never forget his spirit because he was just us," said Oliver.
Tricia Rudisill Bentley, the Public Information Officer for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
released this information about the cause of death for former Houston City Councilman Larry Green:
The cause and manner of death for former Councilman Larry Green is as follows:
Manner: Accident
Cause: Combined toxicity of chloroethane and methamphetamine
Description of substances found in his system :
Chloroethane (ethyl chloride) is an organic solvent that is found in aerosol (spray can) preparations. It has been used as a solvent, refrigerant, local anesthetic and in the manufacture of various other chemical compounds. It is sold in spray cans as a “cleaning solvent” under the trade names Black Max or Maximum Impact; these sprays are often inhaled because the vapor causes a sense of drunkenness and relaxation. At higher concentrations, inhalation can be fatal. There is no safe “dose” of chloroethane, and no way to predict how much inhalant has been taken in during a “use.”
Methamphetamine is a stimulant that is commonly known as “meth,” or “speed.” Methamphetamine has direct effects on the body to produce a sense of excited elation. But that euphoric feeling is accompanied by direct toxic effects on the brain and on the heart. Street preparations of methamphetamine are unpredictable in their concentration of active compound, and are considered dangerous and potentially lethal at any concentration.