Friday, April 25, 2008

Ohio: Police taser, kill man

A hospital spokesman said a man has died five days after he was subdued outside a bar near Miami University by a police officer using a stunning device.

University Hospital spokesman Don Crouse said 24-year-old Kevin Piskura of Chicago died shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday at the Cincinnati hospital.

Police said Oxford Officer Geoff Robinson used the device early Saturday morning as he tried to break up a fight. Police said Piskura argued with police after a friend was escorted from a bar.

Piskura was heard screaming as police shocked him outside the Brick Street restaurant.

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