Man Dies Following Arrest In Fall River

Fall River Police say a man has died following his arrest Monday afternoon.

Lt. Paul Santos says officers went to a home on Bay St. in an effort to serve arrest warrants on a female.

However, when officers attempted to make the arrest another female and a male began to interfere and resist their efforts to arrest the suspect.

Santos says the original female was subsequently arrested.

However, the male continued to struggle with the officers and an officer used his department issued TASER in the “Drive Stun” mode on the male's buttocks, which allowed the officers to handcuff and arrest him.

Santos says the male went into cardiac arrest while outside the residence and was taken to St. Anne's Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

No names have been released at this time and the incident is being investigated by the Medical Examiner and the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.