Long Beach police use stun gun in arrest of man wanted in robbery, official says

Long Beach police used a stun gun while apprehending a man, who authorities said was wanted for a violent domestic robbery, after the suspect fled and resisted arrest, according to a Long Beach spokesman.

At around 5:37 p.m. Sunday, Long Beach detectives attempted to detain the suspect before the man struck an officer in the face and fled, according to city spokesman John McNally. The original incident happened in June and involved “a display of what appeared to be a firearm,” McNally said.

Officers used a stun gun on the man, whose name was not immediately available, after a brief pursuit and transferred him to an hospital for evaluation, per police protocol. The man was in stable condition.

No further details were immediately available.