bloodrayne
04-28-2006, 06:56 AM
Woman In Wheelchair Dies After Police Taser Shock
Orange Park, Florida -- A 56-year-old woman in a wheelchair swinging two knives and a hammer at relatives and police died after being shocked by a Taser gun, officials said.
Officers were called to a disturbance in Green Cove Springs on Monday. They found Emily Marie Delafield, 56, in a wheelchair armed with the hammer and two knives.
Police tried to talk her into putting down her weapons, but she would not put them down and continued swinging them at officers, Green Cove Springs Police Chief Robert Musco said.
When police used a Taser gun on her, she lost consciousness and died later at Orange Park Medical Center.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating and an autopsy will be conducted to determine a cause of death.
The two officers involved have been put on paid administrative leave during the investigation, which is standard procedure.
Orange Park, Florida -- A 56-year-old woman in a wheelchair swinging two knives and a hammer at relatives and police died after being shocked by a Taser gun, officials said.
Officers were called to a disturbance in Green Cove Springs on Monday. They found Emily Marie Delafield, 56, in a wheelchair armed with the hammer and two knives.
Police tried to talk her into putting down her weapons, but she would not put them down and continued swinging them at officers, Green Cove Springs Police Chief Robert Musco said.
When police used a Taser gun on her, she lost consciousness and died later at Orange Park Medical Center.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating and an autopsy will be conducted to determine a cause of death.
The two officers involved have been put on paid administrative leave during the investigation, which is standard procedure.