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Suspect Flees On Lawnmower, Gets Tased, Shoots Self
Published 21 hours ago
"The multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him." - William Shakespeare (MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 2) This bodycam footage from Jackson, Michigan shows a Sheriff's Deputy attempting to detain and arrest 41-year-old James Kerr for violation of probation. In the act of documenting the incident, this footage also captures compounding bad decisions on the part of the suspect. First, he attempts to ignore and flee the Deputy on his lawnmower. However, when this proves to be as effective as it sounds, Kerr dismounts and reaches for a handgun. This prompts the Deputy to fire his TASER- which he had presumably intended to use to end the mower chase. That would have been embarrassing enough for Kerr, but the muscle contractions associated with a TASER's Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) cause Kerr to shoot himself in the hand. In addition to losing a gunfight with himself, Kerr faces charges of attempted murder and resisting arrest.