RALEIGH, N.C. — The January death of a North Carolina man repeatedly shocked by police with a Taser has been classified as a homicide, according to a state autopsy report released Wednesday.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Darryl Tyree Williams, 32, died Jan. 17 from “sudden cardiac arrest in the setting of cocaine intoxication, physical exertion, conducted energy weapon use, and physical restraint.” A toxicology analysis in part detected cocaine and a chemical that’s contained in marijuana in his blood, the report said.
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