Careful What You Wish For

Bible-Clutching Teen Dies after Taser Shots

from The Associated Press

JERSEYVILLE, Ill. — Illinois authorities said a teenager holding a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" died after being shot by a police stun gun.

Police said the 17-year-old was shot twice with a stun gun after he became combative with officers trying to subdue him. He died Sunday night at a St. Louis hospital.