stun gun
noun
: a weapon designed to stun or immobilize (as by electric shock) rather than kill or injure the one affected
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Lynch, who is initially hiding behind a semi-closed door to the hospital room, at one point steps into the hallway outside, leading Liu to fire one shot with his service weapon and another officer to fire his stun gun at the patient, the video shows.
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Smith, who was fired from the Richmond Police Department over the incident, was charged in 2022 with assault with a deadly weapon and enhancements for allegedly causing great bodily injury after using a stun gun on a then-33-year-old man.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
Ruroden shot and wounded Rodriguez-Sanchez, who kept fighting, and other officers used a stun gun and pepper spray to subdue him.
—William Morris, Des Moines Register, 12 Jan. 2026
Deputies were able to subdue the man with a stun gun and took him to a hospital to be treated for his exposure to the bear spray.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Smith, who was fired from the Richmond Police Department over the incident, was charged in 2022 with assault with a deadly weapon and enhancements for allegedly causing great bodily injury after using a stun gun on a then-33-year-old man.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
Ruroden shot and wounded Rodriguez-Sanchez, who kept fighting, and other officers used a stun gun and pepper spray to subdue him.
—William Morris, Des Moines Register, 12 Jan. 2026
Deputies were able to subdue the man with a stun gun and took him to a hospital to be treated for his exposure to the bear spray.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Stun gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stun%20gun. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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