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Zachary N. Bearheels
United States · Aged 29 · Died 06/05/2017
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Zachary N. Bearheels died after Omaha Police Officer Scotty Payne shocked him multiple times with a stun gun. He suffered from mental illness and had been wandering, lost, in Omaha for a day after being kicked off an interstate bus. Omaha police said Bearheels was acting erratically as police attempted to take him into custody. His mother said she called Omaha police after her son didn't get off the bus in Oklahoma City. Payne and Officer Ryan McClarty faced charges in the killing.
Alleged responsible partyOmaha Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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