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Oct 18, 2006 9:41 pm US/Mountain

No Charges To Be Filed In Police Taser Death

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) ―

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No criminal charges will be against a Lafayette police officer who used a Taser stun device on a 22-year-old man who died afterward, the Boulder District Attorney's Office has announced.

Ryan Michael Wilson, 22, died Aug. 4 after running more than a half-mile from officers responding to a tip that marijuana was being grown in a field in Louisville.

Boulder County Coroner Thomas Faure concluded earlier that Wilson died of an irregular heartbeat caused by a combination of exertion, the stun-gun shock and a heart condition present since birth.

The District Attorney's Office investigated the death and Officer John Harris, who used the Taser after reporting Wilson appeared to reach for a knife clipped to his pants.

On Tuesday, the DA's office sent a letter to Lafayette police announcing there is not enough evidence to charge Harris with a crime and the officer did not use unreasonable force.

The Lafayette Police Department's internal investigation continues.