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Las Vegas Police Fatally Shoot Mentally Ill Patient Holding Taser

Loaded on March 12, 2018

Filed under: Police--Excessive Force, Mental Health. Location: Nevada.

On September 24, 2017, police in Las Vegas, Nevada shot dead a mentally ill man inside his hospital room because he was holding a Taser.

Cody O'Bryan, 31, called police and said he wanted to "blast it out" with them. Responding officers found him passed out on the …

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