Six Tuscaloosa police officers involved in a Friday night arrest that ended with a suspect dead have not been placed on leave, authorities said Saturday.

Anthony Dewayne Ware, 35, died Friday in police custody. Police said Ware was pepper sprayed while resisting arrest.

Sgt. Brent Blankley said investigators of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit have been assigned to look into the death of the suspect, which is standard procedure for unnatural deaths in the Tuscaloosa area.

Fox 6 reports police do have video footage of the arrest and plan to release it when investigators complete their review.

TPD officers responded to the Crescent East Apartment Complex on 49th Avenue East after an anonymous caller reported a man wanted for attempting to elude police was spotted there late Friday night.

Blankley said the caller told officers the suspect was armed with a handgun.

Tuscaloosa Sheriff's Office warrant database shows a warrant issued Friday for Ware on a domestic violence strangulation charge.

When TPD officers came to the area, the suspect fled into a wooded area nearby, Blankley said.

He said police caught up with the suspect in the woods and he resisted arrest. Officers sprayed the suspect with oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray and were able to handcuff him, even as he continued to resist arrest, Blankley said.

Blankley said the suspect collapsed as officers walked him out of the woods. He was given CPR on the scene as medical personnel responded, but Ware was pronounced dead at DCH at 10:42 p.m.

District Attorney Lyn Head told Fox 6 Ware's brother was allowed to ride in the ambulance with him. She urged anyone else who witnessed the arrest to come forward to assist with the investigation.