Two Shawnee County sheriff’s deputies have been placed on administrative leave in connection with the death of a Lawrence man who was stunned three times with a Taser and handcuffed after authorities said he refused to get out of his vehicle to receive medical help.
Sheriff Richard Barta has declined to identify the deputies involved in the incident, but said he has requested that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation “conduct a death investigation.”
Walter Edward Haake Jr., 59, was an employee at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plant.
After work on March 29, the sheriff’s office was called to try to stop Haake from driving away because he had been acting disoriented, possibly from a head injury, officials said.
But Haake refused to leave his vehicle, authorities said. Officers took his keys away and then stunned him with a Taser three times, authorities said.
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