Ohio man dies after cops subdue him with stun gun
CLEVELAND (AP) - Authorities say a 40-year-old Cleveland man who was subdued with a stun gun following a traffic stop has died...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities say a 40-year-old Cleveland man who was subdued with a stun gun following a traffic stop has died.
A police spokesman tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer that when officers stopped Rodney Brown Sr. on Friday night, he “became uncooperative and combative.”
Sgt. Keith Campbell says Brown ran from police. He resisted arrest when officers caught up with him, and they used the stun gun.
Paramedics were called, which is routine when a stun gun is used. Brown appeared to go into cardiac arrest and was taken to a hospital. Medical examiner spokesman Powell Caesar says Brown was pronounced dead at 10:25 p.m. Friday.
The Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County medical examiner’s office will rule on what caused the death.
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