(AP) – A man died after deputies used a stun gun on him during
an arrest outside St. Joseph.
Buchanan County Undersheriff Col. Bill Puett told The Kansas City Star that
members of the office's Drug Strike Force encountered the man Wednesday while
trying to serve an arrest warrant on another person south of St. Joseph. He says
deputies got into a struggle with the man after he threatened them with a
baseball bat.
Puett says deputies used a stun gun on the man while placing him under arrest.
He says the man resisted, striking and biting at deputies. Puett says after the arrest,
the man became unresponsive and was taken to a hospital where he died. An autopsy is planned to determine the cause death.
The man hasn't been identified.
an arrest outside St. Joseph.
Buchanan County Undersheriff Col. Bill Puett told The Kansas City Star that
members of the office's Drug Strike Force encountered the man Wednesday while
trying to serve an arrest warrant on another person south of St. Joseph. He says
deputies got into a struggle with the man after he threatened them with a
baseball bat.
Puett says deputies used a stun gun on the man while placing him under arrest.
He says the man resisted, striking and biting at deputies. Puett says after the arrest,
the man became unresponsive and was taken to a hospital where he died. An autopsy is planned to determine the cause death.
The man hasn't been identified.
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