A 15-year-old boy has died in Michigan after police used a Taser stun gun to subdue him, police say.

An investigation was opened and an autopsy ordered with police saying it was not clear whether Brett Elder's death on Sunday was directly linked to the Taser incident.

A taser stun gun kills 15-year-old boy in US.

Police said yesterday the trouble began when three police officers were summoned to quell a fight between two males at an apartment in Bay City, Michigan.

"After several attempts to defuse the situation with the subjects, one of the male subjects attempted to go after other occupants of the apartment and attempted to fight the officers," police said.