Barstow man dies after being tasered

BARSTOW - A Barstow man died after law enforcement officers used a Taser to subdue him early Monday morning, police said.
Around 2 a.m., California Highway Patrol dispatch received a call about an accident involving a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle on the northbound side of the 15 Freeway around South Lenwood Road, according to CHP Officer Mario Lopez.

"The driver of the vehicle called CHP dispatch and said that nobody was hit by a car," Lopez said. "But one of the passengers in the car jumped out while the vehicle was still moving and was on the freeway."

Lopez said CHP and police officers arrived to find the passenger on the freeway.

"The unidentified man, who appeared to be in his 20s, began to throw rocks at the patrol officers," Lopez said. "He ran across the entire span of I-15 as officers pursued him using their Tasers to subdue him and contain the situation."

They discovered after handcuffing him that he wasn't breathing and he had no pulse, Lopez said in a phone interview Monday.


Damn that's fucced up.
Officers from both agencies attempted CPR until paramedics from the Barstow Fire Department arrived.

He was pronounced dead at Barstow Community Hospital, said Lopez.

Authorities said San Bernardino County coroner's officials will do an autopsy.

Lopez said the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department along with the CHP's Critical Incident Investigation Team were investigating the death