Before he died, Delgado-Garcia told a close friend that the first months of the academy were like “torture,” and numerous former trainees have filed complaints and lawsuits in recent years describing hazing-like conditions.

Enrique Delgado-Garcia allegedly described hazing-like conditions at the State Police Academy, his friend told The Boston Globe.

The Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards on Thursday confirmed it is weighing whether to investigate the death of Enrique Delgado-Garcia at the Massachusetts State Police training facility in New Braintree.

Gov. Maura Healey did not immediately say if the Massachusetts State Police should pause training activities at their academy days after a recruit suffered injuries there and died, and instead

Citing a conflict of interest, Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said Monday his office will not handle the investigation into the death of a Massachusetts State Police recruit injured during a training exercise last week, as the young man previously worked for the DA’s office.

A former classmate of Enrique Delgado-Garcia is speaking out, even as authorities continue to search for an outside agency unbiased enough to oversee the investigation into the Massachusetts State Police recruit’s death.