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AUTOPSY DOES NOT FIND CAUSE OF DEATH OF SULTAN MAN INVOLVED IN POLICE TASER INCIDENT
September 08, 2010
 Autopsy did not reveal cause of death of Adam Colliers, more tests are pending. CLICK TO ENLARGE
A spokeswoman for the ME’s office said medical examiners had completed an examination on the body of 25-year old Adam Colliers who died Sept 4th at Valley General Hospital after being involved in a scuffle with county sheriff's deputies in which he was shocked with a Taser weapon.
The spokeswoman said, “Cause and manner of death are pending further studies.”
This is the same conclusion that a different medical examiner’s office reached recently in the death of a Spanaway man.
On Tuesday of last week a man from Spanaway, WA died after police used a Taser weapon on him in a similar situation to that of Colliers in Gold Bar.
The Medical Examiner’s office in that case has ruled cause of death for the 27-year old Spanaway man as “inconclusive” with more tests pending.
The 25-year old Colliers died suddenly after being shocked with a police Taser weapon in the early hours of Saturday morning. He simply stopped breathing according to officers making the arrest.
Colliers was the 2nd young man in the region to die in one week after being Tasered in a confrontation with police.
In the vast majority of instances, according to studies on cases of police cases where the weapon issued, the person who is “Tased” suffers no lasting effects and in a few moments time is up and walking around.
Authorities said Snohomish County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the 500 block of 1st Avenue West in Gold Bar around 1:30 am Saturday on a report of a disturbance.
911 operators received two calls concerning a man who the callers said was running up and down the street yelling and causing a loud ruckus.
When sheriff’s deputies arrived they said they were immediately confronted by a combative Colliers who charged at the deputies and fought with them, according to Goetz.
During the fight one of the deputies shot Colliers with his Taser gun, said Goetz, and after the young man was hit the officers discovered he was not breathing.
They immediately started CPR and called for an aid car.
When the fire department aid car arrived EMT’s continued CPR and then took Colliers to Valley General Hospital in Monroe where he was pronounced dead.
Colliers was in Gold Bar at a house acting as caretaker for a paraplegic family friend, where he often spent weekends.
The county SMART team (Snohomish Multiple Agency Response Team) is investigating the incident and will attempt to determine why Collier was allegedly confrontational when police arrived when family members and friends say that was not normally in Adam’s nature.
The officers involved have been placed on administrative leave as is standard in such cases.
One of the deputies is a three-year veteran of the force he other has four years of law enforcement experience. Both are under 30 years of age.
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