The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General is investigating a use of force incident involving a Taser that resulted in critical injuries to an adult male in Anne Arundel County on October 29, 2023. On October 29, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Anne Arundel County Police Department Officers responded to the 900 block of Waugh Chapel Way in Gambrills for a report of two men in a vehicle with guns and drugs. An initial review of the evidence shows that, when officers arrived on scene, they ordered the two men out of the vehicle as they investigated the incident. The first individual, an adult teenage male, complied and was placed in handcuffs. The second individual, an adult male, initially complied with officers’ commands, but, as an officer attempted to place him in handcuffs, he stood up and ran, striking the officer and knocking off his body-worn camera. Corporal A. Stallings pursued the man and gave him a command to stop before discharging his Taser, which struck the man. The man fell to the ground, hitting his head. Officers rendered medical aid and requested emergency medical services. The man was taken to a local hospital, and […]
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