Tense new body camera video shows a teen car burglary suspect being Tased by a Coral Gables officer during a foot chase over the weekend.
The incident happened early Sunday when Coral Gables Police officials said two suspicious juveniles were spotted by the department's new Crime Suppression Team in the 1300 block of Venetia Avenue.
Officers approached and took one of the juveniles into custody while the other fled, police said.
The body camera footage released by police on Wednesday showed an officer running after the teen with her Taser in her hand.
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"Stop, you're gonna get Tased!" she yells at the running suspect.
But when he won't stop, she fires the Taser, hitting him and knocking him to the ground.
The juvenile starts to get up as the officer yells at him to stay down, then shocks him again.
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"Chill!" the teen yells as another officer arrives and starts to take him into custody.
"Sir, I'm having a seizure," the teen tells the second officer.
Both juveniles were arrested for loitering and prowling. The teen who ran is also suspected of having committed numerous other vehicle burglaries in Coral Gables over the past month and will be charged accordingly, police said.
"The New Crime Suppression Team (CST) was created in part to attack this on-going issue in our city. We are proud of the work they did on this case to address countywide problem in our community," Coral Gables Chief of Police Edward Hudak said in a statement.
