Not as ironic as Hannibal Lector's fascination with churches burned to the ground by lightning strikes...
JERSEYVILLE, Ill. — Authorities are investigating the death of a 17-year-old boy who died after officers in this St. Louis-area community shot him twice with a stun gun while he carried a Bible and cordless telephone, shouting "I want Jesus."
Roger Holyfield died Sunday night at a St. Louis hospital, a day after the former Jersey Community High School's confrontation with police.
In a statement obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, police in this community about 40 miles north of St. Louis said Holyfield would not acknowledge officers who approached him, continuing to yell "I want Jesus."
Holyfield became combative when officers tried to calm him, then was shot with a stun gun after ignoring their warnings to comply with their commands, police said. He was shot a second time when he continued struggling, police said.
Holyfield vomited at the scene and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, then was flown to St. Louis' Cardinal Glennon Hospital, where he died shortly after 8 p.m. the next day, police said."
If there's anything moderately wrong with your health and dental record, a taser is going to kill your ass dead. Case closed. It works differently on healthy people, essentially tiring their suddenly overloaded muscles out very quickly, but who hasn't seen someone stun-gun'd then shrug it off and seem capable of tipping over a bus.
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