Phillies Fan Tasered By Police Officer

On Monday night game, there’s something unusual in the field. Phillies fan tasered by police officer after he run onto the field. According to some sources, police officer uses a Taser gun to apprehend a 17-year-old Phillies fan. Up to now, the team and the police still investigate whether it’s an appropriate use of force.

A law enforcement officer and stadium personnel check on a Phillies fan who was tasered and chased down after running onto the field in Philadelphia during the Phillies’ 6-3 loss to the Cardinals.

The fan, wearing a baseball cap, red T-shirt and khaki shorts, hopped a fence and scurried around the outfield, eluding two security officers in the bottom of the eighth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals. One officer used a Taser and the fan went down in a heap. Several Phillies placed gloves over their faces and appeared to be stifling laughter at the wild scene.

Phillies spokeswomen Bonnie Clark said the police department is investigating the matter and discussing with the team whether using the stun gun was appropriate.

Police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore told The Philadelphia Inquirer police internal affairs will open an investigation to determine if the firing “was proper use of the equipment.”

Vanore was not made available to The Associated Press when a call was placed to the police department’s public affairs office late Monday night.

The teams said it’s the first time a Taser has been used by police to apprehend a spectator who ran onto the field.

The fan was will be charged with criminal trespass and related offenses, the team said. The Phillies did not release his name because he is a juvenile.

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