87-year-old woman dies after being stunned by police

by KATU.com Staff
Damascus News
Jul. 10, 2010

BORING, Ore. - An 87-year-old woman died Thursday after being stunned with a Taser by Clackamas County Sheriff's deputies.

Deputies said the woman threatened to shoot a man installing a water line to a home around 2:30 p.m.

It happened at the Big Valley Woods Mobile Home Park.

Police said a deputy ordered her to drop her gun. At first she placed her handgun on a rail but then picked it up again. At that point another deputy stunned her with his Taser.

Deputies began CPR when she became unconscious. She died in the hospital.

Witnesses said the woman had suffered from physical and mental problems.













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