Bruce Neil Thompson

Less-than-lethal force

Bruce Thomson was tasered by police and later hospital security officers, putting him into cardiac arrest and causing his death. Police report an encounter with a man who they allege was yelling loudly at or about "Satan." Police say he "refused to follow [officer's] orders" and then threatened to get a gun. Police tasered him and arrested Thomson. He was transported to Logan Regional Hospital. Police say he calmed down and they interviewed him--he was charged with disorderly conduct and released. Hospital staff called police three hours later about a patient allegedly scuffling with security officers. The security officers tasered the man at least once for being "combative" and when police arrived he was in full cardiac arrest and died soon thereafter.