St. Louis police ID man who died after an officer shocked him with a Taser

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police have identified a man who died after being shocked at least twice with a Taser by an officer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday reported the man who died was 31-year-old Andrew Harrington. Police last week were called to a report that Harrington was was being violent toward emergency medical workers. Police say that when officers ordered him to come toward them, he tripped and fell into a fence. Police say officers tried to handcuff him, but he slipped away and fell again. Police say an officer then used a Taser on Harrington repeatedly after he continued to struggle. Harrington died Friday at a hospital.