Sunday, April 19, 2009

Gary Decker Dies After Tucson Police Taser Him

A man who died after Tucson police shocked him with a Taser stun gun has been identified as a resident of Kentucky.

Police say Gary A. Decker died several hours after officers trying to subdue him shocked him with a Taser stun gun. They gave no city of residence.

Officers were called to the 50-year-old's downtown Tucson hotel room early Thursday because staff heard loud banging and music coming from his room. Sgt. Mark Robinson says they used a pass key to get inside after he wouldn't open the door.

They found the room ransacked, furniture broken and a nude Decker holding a toilet seat he had ripped from the commode. They used a Taser but it had no apparent affect and they eventually wrestled him to the ground.

Decker was in Tucson for a temporary job as a furniture liquidator.
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http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/43255612.html

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