PELHAM BAY, Bronx -- New York's attorney general will investigate the death of an emotionally disturbed man who died after being subdued by a police officer with a stun gun.
A spokeswoman for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Saturday that the office has opened an investigation into the death of Ariel Galarza in the Bronx on Wednesday.
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Police said the 49-year-old Galarza threatened officers with a bottle before a sergeant discharged his stun gun twice. Galarza went into cardiac arrest and was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Schneiderman's office has the power to investigate deaths of unarmed people at the hands of police.
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Sanford Rubenstein, an attorney for Galarza's family, called Schneiderman's decision to investigate the death "a positive first step."
But Rubenstein said a grand jury should consider bringing criminal charges.