Overview

• Just after midnight, an unidentified man broke into a Priestley Street home in Embleton and smashed multiple windows.
• Officers attempted to negotiate with the aggressive intruder before deploying a taser to detain him.
• Minutes after being tasered and restrained, the man suffered a medical episode and was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, where he later died.
• Police provided first aid at the scene and called St John Ambulance paramedics to assist with the emergency response.
• The Internal Investigation Unit is examining the use of force and medical procedures as a police custody death, with a coroner’s report pending.