Suspected illegal attacks TX police with taser
May 08, 2009
Waco, TX -- What began as a car chase early Saturday morning ended with a man stealing a police officer's stun gun and trying to use it on another officer.
28-year old Carlos Hernandez lead police on a car chase through Waco starting on Valley Mills Drive, He then crashed his car into a house near the corner of Sanger and 20th street.
An officer tackled Hernandez when he tried to run, and then stunned him with a taser.
The KXXV News (Waco, TX)
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