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John Taylor

Gender : Male

Age : 41

Race : White

Date : 09/30/2023

Location : 300 block of Lakeview Circle

City : Bolingbrook

County : Sangamon

State : Illinois

Agency : Bolingbrook Police Department

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Taser

Event : Patient in medical crisis died after being tasered

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Police were called to a medical emergency with a man having a diabetic reaction. Police fired a taser at the stricken man who died en route to the hospital. Various diabetic states commonly produce confused and combative states and such situations should be addressed by trained medical staff, not police with deadly weapons.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/news/2023/10/02/illinois-state-police-investigating-death-of-bolingbrook-man/

https://www.wjol.com/bolingbrook-man-tased-by-police-later-dies/