10:33 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nA man who was causing a disturbance outside Universal Studios in Florida died after being shocked with a Taser stun gun by off-duty police, US authorities have said.<\/p>\n
Adam Spencer Johnson, 33, was said to have been acting irrationally when the five officers approached, police said.<\/p>\n
The officers used a stun gun because Johnson was “violently” resisting arrest, said Sgt Barb Jones.<\/p>\n
Mr Johnson became unresponsive on the ground and was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
The off-duty officers responded to a call from a security guard at Universal Studios early on Friday morning about a man acting irrationally outside the Cinemax theatres in the city of Orlando.<\/p>\n
“He was kind of pacing around, grabbing his beard, grabbing his head and hair, and they were trying to get a hold of him. He was being disorderly,” said Sgt Jones, of the Orlando Police Department.<\/p>\n
One officer shocked Mr Johnson with a Taser stun gun, before placing him under arrest.<\/p>\n
Police said they immediately tried to revive Mr Johnson when he became unresponsive. He was later declared dead at Dr Phillips Hospital.<\/p>\n
All officers involved in the incident with Mr Johnson, who was a resident of Winter Haven, are being placed on administrative leave during the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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