A man who authorities said was naked and flooding his apartment stopped breathing and died Thursday morning after being shocked by a police officer's stun gun, authorities said. Officers from the West Milwaukee Police Department were called to an apartment complex South 54th Street and West Greenfield Avenue at about 5 a.m. for a report of a "suspicious male" in the building. Initial reports indicated the man, 22, was naked, speaking incoherently and flooding an apartment, Deputy Chief Robert Fletcher with the West Allis Police Department, Chief Patrick Mitchell with the West Allis Police Department and Chief Dennis Nasci with the West Milwaukee Police Department said in a joint news release. A stun gun was used on the man because he was uncooperative and combative with officers, the release said. "I heard him scream three times. That's probably when he was getting tased," said a witness who did not want to be identified. The man stopped breathing after being taken into custody and he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Because the death is officer-involved, the Greenfield Police Department is heading up the investigation. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office said in a tweet that an autopsy was scheduled for Friday to determine the cause of death.

A man who authorities said was naked and flooding his apartment stopped breathing and died Thursday morning after being shocked by a police officer's stun gun, authorities said.

Officers from the West Milwaukee Police Department were called to an apartment complex South 54th Street and West Greenfield Avenue at about 5 a.m. for a report of a "suspicious male" in the building.



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Initial reports indicated the man, 22, was naked, speaking incoherently and flooding an apartment, Deputy Chief Robert Fletcher with the West Allis Police Department, Chief Patrick Mitchell with the West Allis Police Department and Chief Dennis Nasci with the West Milwaukee Police Department said in a joint news release.

A stun gun was used on the man because he was uncooperative and combative with officers, the release said.

"I heard him scream three times. That's probably when he was getting tased," said a witness who did not want to be identified.



The man stopped breathing after being taken into custody and he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

Because the death is officer-involved, the Greenfield Police Department is heading up the investigation.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office said in a tweet that an autopsy was scheduled for Friday to determine the cause of death.