A man died after a San Antonio police officer shot him with a Taser. The man attempted to take the officer's weapons during a fight, police said.
A man has died after he punched a San Antonio police officer in the face and the officer shot him with a Taser, a police report states. The incident began at around noon on Sunday on the North Side at the Starcrest Drive overpass in the 2300 block of Northeast Loop 410 . A caller told police that the man was walking in and out of traffic, attempting to open the doors of vehicles. When the man saw the flashing lights of an arriving police squad car, he began to walk away.
The officer tried to arrest the man, but the man resisted, according to the report. That's when the man began punching the officer in the face, police said. The man tried to take the officer's weapons. The officer fired his Taser at the man. Shortly after other officers arrived and took the man into custody, the man stopped breathing, police said. Officers at the scene performed CPR on the man. EMS arrived and took him to a local hospital where he died.
San Antonio North Side Starcrest Drive Northeast Loop 410
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