ONEIDA, N.Y. -- An unarmed man died Monday after being struck twice
by officers' Tasers in the city of Oneida, Oneida City Police Chief Paul
Thompson said.
John C. Havener Jr., 41, of Vernon Center, died at a local hospital
after he was subdued, Thompson said at a news conference Monday
afternoon.
The New York Attorney General's Office is investigating the death, he
said. The office investigates deaths of unarmed people in police
custody, under an executive order by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Oneida police arrived around 4:15 a.m. Monday on Route 5 in Oneida in
response to a call about a man, later identified as Havener, standing
in the street, shouting at drivers, Thompson said.
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Source: syracuse.com (via Empire Report New York)
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