Taser used to subdue 92-year-old

HUDSON, Fla., April 6 (UPI) -- A sheriff's deputy used a Taser to stop a 92-year-old man from allegedly beating his roommate with his aluminum cane at a Florida assisted living center.

Both men suffer from Alzheimer's disease, the center at Hudson, Fla., said. When struck by the Taser, Olin Holcombe's lone comment was, "Wow! That smarts."

A nurse reported hearing a "thud" shortly after midnight Thursday and she found Roland Casanova, 81, on the floor, defending himself from Holcombe's cane, the Tampa Tribune reported. The sheriff's deputy who answered the call said Holcombe swung the cane at him also before the officer drew his Taser.