FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Tarrant County authorities say a deputy constable has died of an apparent heart attack during training.

Constable Ruben Garcia says Deputy Mark Diebold had completed a tactical team qualification Thursday when he was stricken.

Members of the tactical team performed life-saving measures and called for an ambulance. He was pronounced dead at Alliance Medical Center in Fort Worth.

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