Curtis M. Sloan

Less-than-lethal force

Curtis M. Sloan died after an officer Tasered him, then chased him on foot until both men flipped over a fence and the officer landed on top of him. The officer stopped Sloan's car and tried to arrest him on suspicion of a home invasion and battery, but he allegedly resisted. The officer's Taser reportedly had no effect when he dry stunned Sloan more than once. Sloan ran off and the officer chased him into a backyard, where both men ran into a 4-foot-high chain-link fence. Both men tumbled over the fence, and the officer fell on top of Sloan. Police said the officer realized Sloan wasn't breathing after handcuffing him. An autopsy report said Sloan died of a hemopericardium due to blunt-force trauma. A Vermilion County coroner's jury decided that Sloan's death was accidental.