AUBURN â When Tasers first became a tool in the police officerâs belt nearly two decades ago, it was standard practice that officers had to take a jolt from the Taser themselves before they could qualify to carry one.
Today, itâs easier to carry a Taser for police â they donât need to be shocked to carry one.
But itâs become harder to use one.
In its early days, a suspect threatening to fight or refusing to obey verbal commands could be Tased. In the last four or five years, case law has determined that a subject has to be actively resisting arrest, according to Auburn Police Department Cpl. Sean Miller.
May 15, 2021 / 02:22 PM EST
INDIDNAPOLIS (WISH) A man who was shot on the near-southeast side Friday afternoon later died in the hospital, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said Saturday.
IMPD say officers were dispatched to the intersection of South State Avenue and East Pleasant Run Parkway South Drive on a report of a person shot just after 1:30 p.m. Friday. They found a man with injuries consistent with a gunshot wound who was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
The man died several hours after arriving at the hospital, according to police.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office will determine cause of death.
Updated: 2:37 PM EDT May 15, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS One person died in a shooting on the near southeast side of Indianapolis Friday afternoon.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the shooting happened just after 1:30 p.m. near S. State Avenue and E. Pleasant Run Pkwy S. Drive.
When officers got to the area they found a man who had been shot and was in critical condition. He was transported to a local hospital where he later died.
IMPD aggravated assault detectives were investigating the shooting until the man died at the hospital. This is when the investigation was turned over to IMPD homicide detectives.