PROSSER, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a 56-year-old man died after police used a Taser to stun him during his arrest following a car chase and standoff west of Richland.
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that the Grandview man fled Monday in a stolen vehicle from a Washington State Patrol trooper who tried to stop him for speeding.
The sheriff’s office says multiple officers pursued the man who was seen with a pistol before he stopped the vehicle near Prosser.
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Authorities negotiated with the man for several hours and the sheriff’s office says he became combative during arrest and a Taser was used. A few minutes later he stopped breathing and CPR efforts were unsuccessful.
Inside the vehicle officers found pills, a meth pipe, other drug paraphernalia, and the pistol.
A special investigations unit is investigating.
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