Cops Kill Phoenix Man Who They Tase, After He Grabs Their Taser And Tases Them Back
A brawl outside a Phoenix home turned into a fatal shooting this Saturday morning, when officers were forced to take serious measures with a suspect who used their own Taser stun gun on them.
Police responded to a burglary call at 3:05 a.m. at a house near 7th Ave and Wilshire after the homeowner saw someone in his yard and heard the person in his carport and shed.
An officer confronted a man who was clutching two metal flower stands in the front yard of the house.
The officer ordered the suspect to drop the stands, but he refused.
When officers tried to arrest the man, he fought back.
When the officer shot the man with a Taser, the suspect dropped the stands, pulled the Taser probes from his body and began fighting with two officers. Derge says he got one’s Taser and began shocking the officers.
A third officer arrived during the scuffle and shot the suspect, who died at the scene.
The officers were not seriously injured, but received minor scrapes in the fight. The homeowner stayed in his house throughout the incident and was not injured.
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