from KGW.com
Two police departments and a medical examiner were trying to figure out what caused the death of a mental patient at a Portland hospital Sunday night.
Glenn Shipman Jr. was tasered by Scappoose Police Thursday night.
Officers said they have assurances from the medical examiner that Shipman did not die because of the taser.
Police said the Shipman family called them for assistance handling Glenn Thursday night. The 44-year-old suffered from a mental disability and had recently had a change in his medication, according to his father.
When police arrived to transport shipman to a mental bed in Portland, they said they had to use a taser twice, yet still had trouble controlling Shipman.
About 72 hours after arriving at Emanuel Legacy hospital Shipman died. His relatives said he died of cardiac arrest.
The medical examiner ruled the cause of death as still unknown.
Portland homicide detectives were called in to investigate.
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