CJOnline: (h/t J & Scarce)
The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday released the identity of a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. employee who died Sunday after being tased by a sheriff’s deputy.
The man who died was Walter E. Haake Jr., 59, of Lawrence. However, the sheriff’s office released no other details about what led to the tasing at the Topeka Goodyear plant.
Early reports indicated Haake had been suffering from a medical condition and had resisted emergency personnel’s efforts to subdue him. The sheriff’s office said after several attempts to control Haake, a deputy used a Taser on him.
Haake was taken by ambulance to a Topeka hospital and later pronounced dead. Read on…
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