Dennis Duane Hammond

Less-than-lethal force

Dennis Duane Hammond left a bloody trail across his southeast Oklahoma City neighborhood and was bleeding from his feet, calves and chest when officers found him sitting on a brick mailbox, police said. Hammond was delusional, screaming at the sky and walking barefoot. A pit bulldog mix next to the mailbox growled at officers, keeping them from Hammond. When officers talked to Hammond, he would "only scream at them and put his hands in his pockets." Officers tried to shock him with an electronic taser, but Hammond pulled the darts off him and was not subdued. After Hammond pushed the officers away, they used a beanbag weapon to subdue him. He died.