Zachary N. Bearheels
Name: Zachary N. Bearheels
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Race: Native American/Alaskan
Date: 06/05/2017
Location: 6003 Center St.
Omaha, Nebraska, 68106
County: Douglas
Agency: Omaha Police Department
Cause of Death: Tasered
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Zachary N. Bearheels died after Omaha Police Officer Scotty Payne shocked him multiple times with a stun gun. He suffered from mental illness and had been wandering, lost, in Omaha for a day after being kicked off an interstate bus. Omaha police said Bearheels was acting erratically as police attempted to take him into custody. His mother said she called Omaha police after her son didn't get off the bus in Oklahoma City. Payne and Officer Ryan McClarty faced charges in the killing.
Unique ID: 20477
News article: Link
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