According to the Nevada Department of Public Safety, the incident occurred more than two hours after a truck hauling sulfuric acid spilled the chemical and closed portions of U.S. 95 in both directions. Hernandez-Lopez got involved in a dispute with others during the hours of waiting for movement on the highway.
He was transported to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center where he was pronounced dead yesterday evening at 7:30 p.m.
It should be interesting to see how this taser-related death story rolls out over the coming days and weeks.
Soulclap to Sojourner's Place for pointing this story out to us over on Facebook. I encourage other villagers to let us know about updates on this story ... or about other taser-related deaths.
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The official Coroner's inquest into Hernandez-Lopez's death is scheduled for May 3rd. From what we know so far the man had been the victim of a gang of thugs and was running to the officer for help.
The NHP said the officer feared for the man's life as he ran across lanes of heavy traffic. However, they haven't explained how killing him made him any safer.
p.s. You state in your main story about tasers that Las Vegas is no longer using them. That is not correct.
Here is their latest Taser policy
https://clarkcountycriminalcops.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/metro-agrees-with-aclu-report/
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