Posted AT 9:41 PM EDT on 22/07/08
Winnipeg man dies after being tasered by police
WINNIPEG — A man was killed in a confrontation with Winnipeg police yesterday after being hit with a taser stun gun, the first such incident in the city's history.
The incident began just before 4 p.m. when police officers confronted a man in a back alley adjacent to the grounds of the national microbiology laboratory in the city's downtown core.
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