Man, 44, shocked with Taser dies after struggling with Miami-Dade police
May 7, 2005
By Ihosvani Rodriguez, Miami Bureau
Authorities are investigating the death of a 44-year-old man who died in a jail cell hours after he was shocked with a Taser stun gun early Friday morning.
Miami-Dade police found Stanley Wilson standing in traffic near the intersection of Northwest 54 Street and 27th Avenue about 12:30 a.m. Friday, according to a police report.
He was acting bizarrely and uttering irrational statements, police spokeswoman Detective Nelda Fonticiella said.
Two officers tried to restrain Wilson, who is 6 feet tall and weighs 295 pounds, but he resisted by striking one of the officers while one of his hands was handcuffed, Fonticiella said. An officer, whose name police did not release, subdued Wilson by zapping him with a 50,000-volt Taser gun, police said.
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