"He went to where they’re selling ice scrapers. He took an ice scraper and attempted to cut his carotid artery in his neck on the right side.”

Lang said Beatrice Police Officer Robert Soldo arrived at Cenex before Luedeman could inflict further injury.

“(Soldo) was able to deploy the Taser and subdue the individual,” he said. “(Luedeman) was noncompliant throughout that at different points…He didn’t show the typical pain signs that somebody that’s been tased shows. It hurts. He had the involuntary muscle response, but not a pain response.”

Luedeman was turned over the medical personnel and transported by helicopter to Lincoln for life-threatening injuries.

Lang said it is currently unknown why Luedeman attempted to end his life Tuesday. Typically, he said, individuals who choose public displays of suicide suffer from a history of substance abuse or mental illness, though Luedeman had neither.

It’s also unknown why Luedeman was in Beatrice or how he got here. Around the same time Beatrice Police responded to the suicide attempt, the department was contacted law enforcement in Bingham County, Idaho.