Six Raleigh, North Carolina, police officers are on administrative leave and an investigation is underway after a man died in their custody last month, according to statements and newly released
Six Raleigh, North Carolina, police officers are on administrative leave and an investigation is underway after a man died in their custody last month, according to statements and newly released
Darryl Tyree Williams, 32, died in a Raleigh hospital in the early hours of January 17 after a scuffle with police during which he was tased multiple times by police officers and arrested.
ilbusca/Getty Images(RALEIGH, N.C.) Six Raleigh, North Carolina police officers are on administrative leave and a man's family and friends are looking for answers after he died hours after getting tased by police. Darryl Tyree Williams allegedly yelled that he had heart problems as the officers tased him during the Jan. 17 arrest, according to a preliminary report issued Monday by the Raleigh Police Department. After becoming unresponsive and showing no signs of a pulse, police and an EMS team tried to resuscitate Williams, who was taken to a hospital where he died an hour later, the report said. As an internal investigation continues, Williams' mother, Sonya, said she is still trying to come to terms with what happened. "I'm just trying to cope with this as best I can," Sonya Williams told ABC affiliate WTVD on Thursday. "My emotions (are) just everywhere. I just can't comprehend that this happened to my son." The report named six Raleigh poli
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