Patient dies after police uses stun gun

May 16, 2014
Zaina Kahuk
News Writer
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Baltimore Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old hospital patient who died a few days after getting into an altercation with police and security guards. Police received a call saying the teenage patient became aggressive with hospital security on May 7 at the Good Samaritan Hospital. An officer used a stun gun on the patient. Deputy Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez stated the patient was breathing on his own when the officers left the hospital and the department did not know the boy had fallen into a coma until days later. The patient was admitted into the hospital a day before due to emotional distress. Police have not released the name of the teenager.