List of people who died after being tasered in Canada

This list compiles incidents of people who died after being tasered in Canada.

* July 22, 2008 Michael Langan, 17, died in hospital after being struck by a stun gun while in confrontation with police in Winnipeg. [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080722.wtaser0722/BNStory/National/home The Globe and Mail] ]

* December 6 2007 Quilem Registre, 39, died at Sacré-Coeur Hospital after being tasered as many as six times by Montreal police officers who were trying to subdue him. [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071018/mtl_taser_071018 CTV News] ]

* November 24 2007 Robert Knipstrom, 36, died in a British Colombia hospital five days after an altercation with police, in which officers used a Taser gun to subdue him [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iQp9AiPFhnRBQzgeSh2Yn4ZNvJBQ Agence France Presse] ] .

* November 22 2007 Howard Hyde, a 45-year-old man, died morning at the Burnside correctional facility, about 30 hours after officers used a stun gun to subdue him. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2007/11/22/taser-death.html CBC News] ]

* October 13 2007 Robert Dziekański died after being tasered in Vancouver airport, where he had just arrived from Poland. [ [http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/276565 The Toronto Star] ]

* August 30 2006 Jason Doan, 28, of Red Deer Alberta had a heart failure and later died after being repeatedly shocked by a Taser. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/04/22/doan-inquiry.html CBC News] ]

* December 20 2005 Alesandro Fiacco, 33, of Edmonton, Alberta died of cardiac arrest 30 minutes after being tasered 3 times by Edmonton police. [ [http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?k=49524&id=f5607124-6f4e-4345-bd4b-07b646e24508 Edmonton Journal] ]

* July 15 2005 Paul Saulnier, 42, died in Digby, Nova Scotia after being tasered by the RCMP

* July 1 2005 James Foldi, 39, died in Beamsville, Ont

* June 30 2005 Gurmeet Sandhu, 41, dies in Surrey, BC after being tasered by the RCMP

* May 5 2005 Kevin Geldart, 34, dies in Moncton, NB after being tasered.

* August 8 2004 Samuel Truscott, 43, died in Kingston, Ont

* July 17 2004 Jerry Knight, 29, Mississauga, Ont

* June 23 2004 Robert Bagnell, 44, died in Vancouver, BC

* May 13 2004 Peter Lamonday, 38, died in London, Ont.

* May 1 2004 Roman Andreichikov, 25, died in Vancouver, BC

* March 23 2004 Perry Ronald, 28, died in Edmonton, Alta.

* September 28 2003 Clark Whitehouse, 34, died in Whitehorse, Yukon.

* July 22 2003 Clay Willey, 33, died in Prince George, BC.

* April 19 2003 Terrance Hanna, 51, died in Burnaby, BC.

References

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/map-tasers-canada/ CBC Special Report on Taser related deaths in Canada]
* [http://www.amnesty.org/en/report/info/AMR51/139/2004 Amnesty International 2004 report] USA: Excessive and lethal force? Amnesty International's concerns about deaths and ill-treatment involving police use of tasers
* [http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510302006 Amnesty International 2006 report] USA: Amnesty International's continuing concerns about taser use
* [http://www.amnesty.org/en/report/info/AMR20/002/2007 Amnesty International 2006 report] Canada: Inappropriate and excessive use of tasers
* [http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=engamr511512007 Amnesty International Statement to the U.S. Justice Department inquiry into deaths in custody] 27 Sept 2007
* [http://video.nbc6.net/player/?id=157250#videoid=157250 UF Taser Incident]