The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled Cumber died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl and PCP.

Cumber’s mother, Jessica Scott, filed a complaint with the Minnesota Office of Health Facility Complaints in her quest to find out why her son was released from HCMC just six hours into a request for a 72-hour hold by police.

“I think it was right on because clearly the officer says he was unable to care for himself — he sees this,” Scott said. “I screamed and I was like — what? I am thinking, ‘Oh my God, he literally walked out of the hospital, walked a block and then died.'”

Scott said she hopes finding out more about the circumstances surrounding her son’s death might help another family in a similar situation avoid the same outcome.

“I just picture him alone,” Scott said. “And that makes me so sad and angry that my son had to die like that — all alone on a bench.”

The Office of Health Facility Complaints and the Minnesota Department of Health sent a letter to Scott telling her the circumstances surrounding her son’s release from HCMC after six hours “meets the guidelines for an onsite federal investigation,” which will be handled by the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

Dave Feinwachs, former lead attorney for the Minnesota Hospital Association, reviewed the emergency room records and told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS “things could have been done differently” in Cumber’s case.

“Some people need to be held against their wishes for a proper evaluation to be conducted to see if they are indeed safe to go without the chance of harming themselves,” Feinwachs said.

When asked if he saw that in the emergency room records he responded, “I don’t see that here.”

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS requested an interview with HCMC about Cumber’s case, but a spokesperson declined and issued the following statement:

“Our sympathies are with the family of Mr. Cumber and we have provided them with requested medical records. This is a family matter and we do not believe a conversation in the media would be beneficial or productive at this time.”