A man has died after he was shot with a Taser by police responding to reports of a house burglary.
Staffordshire Police said officers discharged the weapon after being called to an address in Audley Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, just after 1am.
Staffordshire Police said that a man who died after he was shot with a taser became "unresponsive" when he was taken back to a vehicle.
Officers, who were responding to reports of a burglary, said the occupants were not at home at the time, but police found a man inside. After a taser was discharged, the man became "unresponsive". Despite treatment by paramedics he died, police said. A detailed investigation is under way at the scene, which remains under a police cordon.
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