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Ernest Deshannon Graves
United States · Aged 29 · Died 06/25/2008
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Ernest DeShannon Graves died after officer Brian Prine shocked him three times with a Taser. Graves girlfriend, who wasn't home at the time, called 911 saying he was vandalizing her apartment. Graves fled and Prine chased him. Police said Prine Tasered Graves multiple times when he allegedly continued to resist arrest. Graves then said he was having trouble breathing and died at a hospital. Winnebago County Coroner Sue Fiduccia said Graves was found to have a combination of alcohol, cocaine and marijuana in his system at the time of his death, and listed Graves' official cause of death as "adverse effects of cocaine."
Alleged responsible partyRockford Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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