Naked man subdued with Taser on I-35 near Forest Lake
Police: He 'begged' them to shoot him; possible narcotics found with clothes
By Elizabeth Mohr
03/19/2010
A naked man running into traffic on Interstate 35 near Forest Lake had to be subdued with a Taser on Thursday, police said.
Forest Lake police were called at 5:42 p.m. on a report of someone yelling and taking off his clothes in the median of the interstate, just north of the I-35E/I-35W split.
When an officer arrived, "The male turned to him and started running at full speed, and yelling and screaming at the top of his voice," Sgt. Rick Peterson said.
The officer ordered the 23-year-old Forest Lake man to stop, but he continued to charge, Peterson said. After repeated warnings, including cautions that a Taser stun gun could be used, the officer deployed the device, hitting the male in the chest and abdomen.
Even after he was handcuffed and detained, the man continued to yell. He was in an "excited delirium state" and appeared to be under the influence of drugs, Peterson said.
"He yelled how he had killed God, how he was God, that he was the devil. He begged for officers to shoot him and said he had the code to heaven," Peterson said.
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