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(KNZA)--A man who died after being tased during an altercation with deputies during a drug investigation in St. Joseph has been identified.
KQ2-TV reports the Buchanan County Sheriff's Office Thursday identified the man as 39-year-old St. Joseph resident Bruce Lee Edward Johnson.
Undersheriff Col. Bill Puett says members of the sheriff's office's Drug Strike Force encountered Johnson Wednesday afternoon while trying to serve an arrest warrant on another person at a residence in south St. Joseph. He says deputies got into a struggle with Johnson after he threatened them with a baseball bat.
After refusing commands, Puett said deputies tased Johnson. After Johnson was subdued, he became unresponsive and was taken to a hospital where he died.
An autopsy is planned to determine the cause of death.
Puett says the Sheriff's Office has asked the Missouri State Highway Patrol to investigate.
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