INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has suspended the officers involved and launched two investigation after a man in custody died after being Tasered.
The department’s Critical Incident Response Team responded to the scene of the incident early Monday on the city’s northeast side to conduct a criminal investigation.
The department’s Internal Affairs department is conducting a separate investigation.
IMPD says the civilian-majority Use of Force Review Board will conduct a separate review after the other two investigations are complete.
Officers were told by a father that his son, 39-year-old Herman Whitfield III, was experiencing a mental health issue and needed an ambulance.
IMPD says when he resisted, he was Tasered.