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Family Of Teen Who Died In Miami Beach Taser Incident To Sue Police

MIAMI HERALD / file

Relatives of Israel Hernández-Llach, the teen who died after being shot by a Taser stun gun, will announce Tuesday that they are suing the Miami Beach Police Department.

RELATED: Israel Hernández: The Life Of A Local Artist Cut Short

The death of the 18-year-old street artist has drawn widespread headlines and reignited debate over the use stun guns by law enforcement.

A Miami Beach police officer on Aug. 6 caught ​Hernández-Llach spray-painting a shuttered McDonald’s on North Beach. After a foot chase, Miami Beach Officer Jorge Mercado shot Hernández-Llach with his department-issued Taser.

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