A man has died after suffering a medical episode minutes after being tasered by police overnight.<\/p>\n
Police say they were trying to restrain a man who was acting erratically in the backyard of a home in Embleton overnight.<\/p>\n
They said the man had entered the Priestley Street home just after midnight and had smashed windows.<\/p>\n
He was not known to the people who lived there.<\/p>\n
Police said the man was tasered in an attempt to restrain and arrest him.<\/p>\n
He suffered a medical episode and died in hospital.<\/p>\n
Death in custody<\/p>\n
Assistant Commissioner Martin Haime said police were treating the incident as a death in custody and had launched an internal investigation.<\/p>\n
“Officers attempted to negotiate with the man, who continued to behave in an aggressive manner and was not compliant with police instructions,” he said at a press conference on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
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Assistant Commissioner Martin Haime announced the death in custody at a press conference on Friday. (ABC News: Lauren Smith)<\/p>\n
“A taser was deployed by an officer during attempts to detain the man.<\/p>\n
“The man was eventually restrained, but minutes later appeared to suffer a medical episode.<\/p>\n
“Officers immediately provided first aid and notified St John Ambulance to provide assistance.”<\/p>\n
He was taken to Royal Perth Hospital where he died.<\/p>\n
“Due to the fact the man had been in police custody prior to his death, officers from the internal investigation unit will investigate his death as a police death in custody,” Assistant Commissioner Haime said.<\/p>\n
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