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Police investigating possible stun gun-caused death in Logan

Posted at 4:32 PM, Jan 24, 2013
and last updated 2013-01-24 18:32:45-05

LOGAN, Utah – Police in Logan are investigating a death at the Logan Regional Hospital possibly caused by a stun gun.

Police say that last Thursday, a 49-year-old man was acting strange and yelling. The man said he was getting a gun and refused to show his hands. Officers struck him with a stun gun then took him to the Logan Regional Hospital.

Three hours later, the man was fighting with hospital security and was struck with a stun gun again.

When police showed up, the man was in full cardiac arrest and later died.