REGIONAL: Man who fought with police dies after Taser deployment LAKE COUNTY NEWS REPORTS Posted On Thursday, 29 March 2018 04:23







29 March 2018

NORTH COAST, Calif. – Authorities said an investigation is under way into the death of a man who police took into custody on Wednesday night in Sonoma.



An early Thursday morning report from Sonoma Police Chief Bret Sackett said that at about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday deputies from the Sonoma Police Department and the Sheriff’s Sonoma Valley substation were dispatched to a suspicious person in a mobile home park on Ramon Street in the city of Sonoma.



Several park residents called to report a male subject was yelling, breaking glass and slamming into things, Sackett said.



While deputies were en route, Sackett said other callers reported the subject was naked and punching out decorative street lamps with his bare hands.



The deputies located the subject in the street near the entrance to the park. Sackett said the man was large, naked, noncompliant and moving towards them.



Sacket said the deputies deployed their Tasers and struggled to handcuff him. The subject continued to resist and was placed into maximum restraints in order for the deputies to gain control of him.



The man went into medical distress, so the deputies immediately summoned emergency medical personnel. Sackett said the deputies removed the maximum restraints and began life-saving measures until the medics arrived.



Sackett said the subject was transported to the Sonoma Valley Hospital where he later died.



The name of the suspect is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin, Sackett said.



The deputies involved were placed on administrative leave in accordance with protocol for these types of incidents. Sackett said the name of the deputies will be released at a later time.



Sackett said the Santa Rosa Police Department assumed the lead in the investigation per the Countywide Fatal Incident Protocol.