SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Officers used an electric stun gun Wednesday to subdue a 14-year-old theft suspect who fought with them as they took him into custody at a Point Loma Heights intermediary school.
San Diego police got a report about 9:30 a.m. that campus personnel had identified the boy as a suspect in the theft of a number of iPods at Correia
Middle School, SDPD public-affairs Lt. Andra Brown said.
After questioning the youth, officers informed him that he was under arrest, according to Brown. When they tried to handcuff him, the 5-foot-10-inch student began shouting and resisting, she said.
After the boy refused repeated orders to stop struggling and comply, one of the officers used the electric-shock gun on him, the lieutenant said.
It took two shots from the device to subdue the teen, she said. The officers then took him to Rady Children's Hospital for an evaluation before transporting him to juvenile hall to be booked on suspicion of theft.
The youth suffered no significant injuries during the scuffle, Brown said.
