O'Fallon, MO --The St. Charles County sheriff's department says it is investigating the death of a person shocked with a stun gun. They say the person was in the custody of the sheriff's department at the time. The department planned a news conference at 2 p.m. Wednesday at its headquarters in O'Fallon in eastern Missouri to release additional details. [LINK]
ST. CHARLES COUNTY - A 22-year-old man from Alton died late Tuesday night after a St. Charles County sheriff's deputy shocked him with a Taser... The man, identified this afternoon as James S. Wilson....was physically assaulting his sister, said St. Charles County Sheriff Tom Neer at a press conference this afternoon. ...shot him with a Taser. Shortly after, Tiefenbrunn said, the man lost consciousness and was struggling to breathe. Paramedics performed CPR and tried to revive him, he said. The man was taken to Christian Northeast Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Neer said that Wilson had no weapon but that he had been verbally abusive and lunged toward the deputy. ... The deputy used a Model X26 Taser... [LINK]
This unfortunate incident puts us slightly ahead of the curve for 7 examples per month. If this rate continues, it'll be a worse than average month from May 2008. [LINK]
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