Second Time In A Week Cops Use A Taser And The Suspect Dies

GOLD BAR - For the second time in a week Police whip out their tasers shock a suspect that that person then dies. The latest incident happened early this morning in Gold Bar where Snohomish County Sheriff's Deputies used a stun gun on a 25 year old Sultan man.

The incident happened outside Sharon Williams's house.

"I think that two trained officers should have been able to subdue a 120 pound dude that was barefoot in my yard and not tase him right in the chest," said Williams.

For the last year and a half Adam Colliers has spent his weekends at Williams' home taking care of her quadriplegic brother. But, early this morning things were different.

"It was very obvious to my brother he was not in his right mind at the moment, whether or not he became threatening I don't know that," said Williams.

Sergeant Robert Goetz with the Everett Police Department says Colliers charged the Deputies and they had to use force.

"Almost immediately after the taser was deployed the man appeared to stop breathing, the Deputies at that point started CPR," said Goetz.

Colliers later died at the hospital. The Snohomish County multi-agency response team is heading up the investigation. Both Deputies involved in the incident have three years each on the job.

Today, outside the place in Downtown Sultan where he sometimes stayed with his Dad friends like Theresa Young stopped by to pay her respects.

"When you lose somebody that you love so much I know that pain too well, so I just came to honor Adam," said Young.

Friends say Colliers loved to play guitar and just picked up the game of golf. Young says Colliers was quite an athlete and was once on the track and wrestling teams at Sultan High School.

"Really a great kid it's a tragedy I don't know everything that happened all I know is he's dead, so that's really just devastating," said Young.

Investigators will determine if drugs or alcohol contributed to Colliers death. Sharon Williams says her family has lost a good friend and believes his death could have been avoided if a taser was never used.

"They're trained to take people down you know, why not that first, the guy didn't even have a weapon," said Williams.

The Snohomish County Coroner will determine Colliers exact cause of death. The two Deputies involved in the tasing incident have been placed on paid administrative leave which is standard procedure.