Everette Howard, an 18-year-old wrestling star from Cincinnati, was fatally tasered by campus police when they answered an apparent assault complaint call.
University of Cincinnati officials are trying to figure out what happened.
As Reported By NY Daily News:
University of Cincinnati officials are investigating the school’s police department after campus cops fatally Tasered a student over the weekend.
Everette Howard, 18, from Cincinnati, had a heart attack early Saturday after a confrontation with campus cops investigating a reported assault.
The incident took place outside a dorm where Howard was staying during a six-week college prep program. He was set to enroll at University of Cumberlands in Kentucky in the fall.
School officials said officers arrived at the dorm at around 3 a.m. and were approached by Howard, who was agitated and had balled his fists, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
The cops told Howard to back off but he refused, officials said. An officer then shot him once with a Taser.
SOURCE: NYDN
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Everette Howard was tasered by campus police.
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Everette Howard was tasered to death by campus police.
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Everette Howard pictured with his girlfriend.
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Everette Howard was tasered by campus police.
