Man With Sword Tased After He Wouldn’t Put Weapon Down: Deputies

A man was tased by deputies after they say he refused to drop a machete in his hands. Law enforcement with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office in Washington state say they were called after a report of a man waving around a sword and threatening a security guard at a Goodwill parking lot. The suspect, deputies say, started running off. Deputies tased the man to get him to drop the weapon and arrested him.