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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 24 (UPI) -- Canadian authorities said it could take months to determine what killed a 17-year-old boy shocked with a police stun-gun in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Michael Langan was shocked with a Taser Tuesday after he refused two officers' repeated demands to drop a knife.
Dr. Thambirajah Balachandra of the Manitoba chief medical examiner's office told the Winnipeg Sun after an autopsy Wednesday additional tests would be required.
Police spokeswoman Constable Jacqueline Chaput said Langan was shocked after he refused repeated demands to drop a knife, but didn't specify how many times the Taser was discharged.
Officers confronted Langan after a 911 emergency call reported a man smashing the windows of a parked car and taking items from the vehicle, the Sun said.
His death was the first associated with police stun-guns in the province, the report said.
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