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Boy, 14, unconscious after police use Taser

Chicago Tribune Feb. 9, 2005 12:00 AM

CHICAGO - A 14-year-old boy went into cardiac arrest and was unconscious at a Chicago hospital Tuesday after police shot him with a Taser stun gun, officials said.

The boy, a state ward who lives at a residential group home on the North Side, became enraged Monday morning when asked to remove his baseball cap.

He then broke four windows and battered three workers at the home, Uhlich Children's Advantage Network, Chicago police said.

Police say the boy lunged at a sergeant, who then shot him with the Taser, a weapon that applies a powerful electrical impulse.

The boy has been charged with three counts of aggravated battery to personnel and one count of aggravated battery to a police officer, police said.