BROOKLYN • The Madison County coroner says a man who was arrested over the weekend after exhibiting bizarre behavior at a strip club here appears to have died of "excited delirium."

Jason M. Jordan, of the 5400 block of Cabanne Avenue in the Visitation Park neighborhood of St. Louis, had been at The Pink Slip nightclub on South 4th Street and was being escorted from the venue by club security when Brooklyn police arrived at around 4:30 a.m. Saturday.

Police said Jordan, 30, was hallucinating, became combative and tried to flee. Officers handcuffed him and took him to a hospital.

During the course of emergency room care, Jordan continued to become agitated and confused and had a temperature of 103 degrees, officials said.

Jordan stopped breathing and was resuscitated.

He was transferred to the intensive care unit where he died at 10:36 a.m. Sunday.

In an initial hospital drug screen, Jordan tested positive for the hallucinogen phencyclidine, better known as PCP or angel dust, and Valium-type drugs.

An autopsy on Monday was inconclusive.

Nonn's office stated, “Although no definitive conclusions have been determined, strong suspicion does exist that the death is related to 'excited delirium.' “

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