Jermaine Thompson

Less-than-lethal force

Jermaine Thompson died after police tasered him during a struggle. Police responded to the Royal Inn at about 7 p.m. after receiving a report of a man going room to room trying to sell drugs. According to police, one officer saw Thompson and tried to talk to him, but he ran. The officer caught up to him and they became involved in "a physical confrontation." The officer reportedly tried unsuccessfully to use a Taser on Thompson. Other officers arrived to assist and used a Taser in a "drive stun" mode to subdue Thompson, who appeared to lose consciousness, police said. Thompson was pronounced dead at a hospital.