At least 15 people died in Texas after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police

TEXAS (AP) -- At least 15 people died in Texas over a decade following a physical encounter with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found.

Several of the fatal incidents occurred in Dallas and its nearby suburbs. Other cases were documented across the state, from Odessa to Austin to Galveston.

The deaths were among more than 1,000 that AP’s investigation documented across the United...