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August 22, 2006

Examiner: Cause of death could take weeks in TASER case

PROVIDENCE -- It will be "several weeks" before the state Medical Examiner's office determines a cause of death for the Woonsocket man who died this weekend after being shot twice by the police with a TASER gun.

The state Medical Examiner's office released a statement early this afternoon regarding the autopsy of Timothy Picard.

"The cause of death for Timothy Picard... who became unresponsive while in Woonsocket police custody, is pending multiple test results," according to the statement. "Final determination of cause of death is dependent on review of these tests and not expected before several weeks."

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 12:51 PM | Permalink

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