Man catches fire after shot with TaserAssociated Press | October 21, 2005 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. A man pursued by Cumberland County deputies burst into flames after he was shot with an electronic Taser weapon that delivers a shocking electric current. Officials say Deputy Bradley Dean pulled Richard McKinnon over for a broken tail light last night. But McKinnon sped away and drove over a mailbox and hit a tree. The gasoline spilled on him in the wreck. Dean shot McKinnon when the man tried to get away and rolled him on the ground to put out the flames. McKinnon was in critical condition tonight at UNC Hospitals with burns over 70 percent of his body. Last modified October 21, 2005
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