WASHINGTON, July 11, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices released the following News Alert:
According to reports from the Republican Herald in Pennsylvania, a 69-year-old terminally ill man who was heavily medicated got into an argument with family members over bills Saturday night before pointing a pistol at himself and others. The man, also a former Marine, then barricaded himself in the attic of his home where he kept a stockpile of weapons.
Police arrived on the scene around 11:10 p.m. and attempted to talk the man into dropping the pistol. Officials speculate that the man wanted to commit suicide. The more police tried to reason with the man, the more angered he became. At one point the man started loading his weapons and pointed a shotgun at Sgt. Robert W. Phillips. When negotiations failed, officers deployed a TASER electronic control device that forced the man to drop his weapon. He was then taken by ambulance to Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic for mental health evaluation.
"In terms of lives saved, certainly that guy's life was saved because we didn't have to use lethal force," said Phillips.
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