Man dies after being subdued by a stun gun

A St. Louis County man is dead, just three days after a police officer used a stun gun to subdue him.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police are investigating the death of Willie Sample, 39, of St. Ann.

Sample died at a hospital Friday.

Overland police arrested Sample on Tuesday after finding him allegedly trespassing in backyards. Police say Sample struggled with officers, broke free and got into a car with a woman he didn’t know before police caught up to him.

Police deployed a stun gun and Sample was arrested.

Officers continued to struggle with Sample at the police station. Police say it was there that Sample suffered what police called a “medical event.”

An autopsy Saturday was unable to determine a cause of death.

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