SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 30, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices (ECDs) released the following NEWS ALERT:
According to a report in the April 28, 2008 edition of the Bladen Journal from Elizabethtown, NC, police used a TASER(r) Electronic Control Device on Wesley Fox Brown, 55, of Marietta, GA, to subdue him and stop him from using a knife to stab himself.
The Elizabethtown Police Department responded to a call at 7:28 p.m. on Friday regarding an individual attempting to drive a van through the front doors of a Wachovia Bank. When officers responded, Brown wedged his van into the building and was waving a knife and screaming at the officers to shoot him. Within a few minutes, Brown then turned the weapon on himself and started stabbing himself repeatedly in the abdomen. Once restrained, Brown was taken to Bladen County Hospital for treatment.
The complete story is available at: http://www.bladenjournal.com/articles/2008/04/28/news/doc48161bde873a4610599346.txt
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