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Lee County woman dies after being shocked
Associated Press
Published November 28, 2005
FORT MYERS - A woman who was combative and smashing displays in a gift store died shortly after deputies shocked her with a Taser stun gun, authorities said.
Tracy Rene Shippy, 35, entered a Hallmark Gold Crown store Saturday evening and asked employees to call 911 because she had been in a fight, Lee County Sheriff's spokeswoman Ileana LiMarzi said.
Employees told deputies she then began knocking over and smashing the store's displays.
A deputy tackled Shippy and put her in handcuffs, according to the sheriff's office.
Sgt. Joseph More shocked Shippy once on her left shoulder with a Taser after she began kicking the deputies, LiMarzi said.
"It had little to no effect on her," LiMarzi said.
Shippy tried to kick out one of the windows in the back of the vehicle before she was moved to a more secure car, LiMarzi said.
Paramedics evaluated her at 7:08 p.m., but a deputy noticed Shippy had become unresponsive and her face was turning a bluish color about 15 minutes later, LiMarzi said.
Shippy was pronounced dead at the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center shortly after 8 p.m.
[Last modified November 28, 2005, 01:04:15]
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