SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ Authorities say a shoplifting suspect has died after he
apparently was shocked with a stun gun while fleeing from officers in
Springfield.
Police said in a news release that an officer who was working security at a
Walmart store was notified Monday afternoon that the man and a female
shoplifting suspect had fled to a fast food restaurant.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that after the woman was detained at the
restaurant before backup officers arrived. They pursued the man on foot,
eventually using a Taser. After the man was apprehended, officers noticed that
he had stopped breathing. The release says officers tried to resuscitate him,
but he died at a hospital.
An autopsy is scheduled to determine the man’s cause of death. The man’s name
wasn’t immediately released.
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