Posted on 06/20/2007 11:25:09 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
Man bursts into flames after being shot by a taser gun
Last updated at 13:56pm on 20th June 2007
Police are investigating the firey death of a man who burst into flames after dousing himself in petrol and then being shot with a taser gun.
Officers used the gun after the man had poured gasoline over himself.
Juan Flores Lopez, 47, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Texas.
Police initially used pepper spray when they tried to take Lopez into custody. Then they used the Taser. Some stun guns emit an electric spark when they deliver the jolt of electricity.
The Texas Rangers were also investigating whether a lighter that was on the porch could have contributed to the fire.
"We don't know what ignited the fire," police said.
No one else was injured in the confrontation. It was unclear whether Lopez had been charged with anything.
Two of his sons who live nearby said their father had been threatening for months to burn himself and his house. His wife was seeking a divorce and he did not want to have to leave the house, the sons said.
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Shooting them just gives liberals another excuse to call for an end to "gun violence".
Tossing a road flare from a safe distance seems like the best choice to me.
LOL!!!
I’d bet it was an emergency and the cop was afraid the guy would set himself alight, and kind of instinctively tasered him to stop him.
I doubt the cop had time to stop and think about whether tasering the guy would be a good idea. Hindsight being 20/20 and all.
Was this guy a flaming illegal immigrant?? You would have thought his “wetback” would have extinguished the flames.
They should went to live ammo.
Most OC sprays are nonflammible. All sprays sold to LEO’s have to be certified non flammible.
Just doing the combusting Americans won’t do.
All the ones I've ever seen used deliver a jolt of electricity!
It probably wasn't the smartest thing to zap him with one.
Oh well...that’s Texas justice for you.
You gotta give it to the Texans...
If he wasn’t armed, what kind of wussies do we employ in our overpaid police forces today that would preclude them from just tacking the guy?
Too many females and too many vertically challenged males in blue apparently.
The carrier for OC is alcohol. Many law enforcement agencies were warned about the potential for tasers igniting the carrier before this incident.
You gotta give it to the Texans...
Hey, I LOVE Texas justice. I wish it were the law of the land. :o)
I don’t know how accurate your source for this story is, but I have my doubts. This sounds very suspiciously like an urban myth.
I sure hope they aren't detectives
There are non flammable OC sprays that are TASER safe.
http://www.policeone.com/less-lethal/articles/128036/
“Oooh, oooh that smell...” w/apologies to Skynerd!
Right. As someone pointed out earlier, once he doused himself with gasoline, he became a danger to others, justifying the use of lethal force. Machts nichts whether that force was a taser or a service revolver.
Yeah, I just researched it. I think perhaps the problem was with older type OC.
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