Post by ceewalker on Jun 19, 2006 10:44:45 GMT -5
Florida Inmate dies after taser shots
Published Thursday, June 15, 2006
An inmate with a history of mental illness died after he was shot twice with a Taser at the Escambia County Jail, deputies said.
Jerry Preyer, 45, of Pensacola, died Tuesday night at Baptist Hospital after the incident, Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby said.
Preyer became combative and was strapped in a restraint chair. He calmed down in the chair, but got aggressive after he was let out. Deputies then tried to restrain him and shot him with a Taser twice to subdue him, McNesby said.
The medical examiner is investigating his cause of death.
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Published Thursday, June 15, 2006
An inmate with a history of mental illness died after he was shot twice with a Taser at the Escambia County Jail, deputies said.
Jerry Preyer, 45, of Pensacola, died Tuesday night at Baptist Hospital after the incident, Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby said.
Preyer became combative and was strapped in a restraint chair. He calmed down in the chair, but got aggressive after he was let out. Deputies then tried to restrain him and shot him with a Taser twice to subdue him, McNesby said.
The medical examiner is investigating his cause of death.
www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060615/NEWS/606150408&
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