THETFORD, Vt. -
Along a secluded Thetford, Vermont road tragedy struck.
On Wednesday afternoon police got a call that Macadam Mason, 39, was threatening to kill himself and others.
When they arrived they say he wasn't willing to cooperate.
"He was certainly agitated, failed to comply with the troopers commands," said Colonel Thomas L'Esperance.
State police say after a family member arrived Mason when from in the home down into the woods and after a couple hours he then returned and family members say it was in the garden where state police confronted him before they used a taser.
State police say Mason stopped breathing and died shortly thereafter.
Although they're waiting until the autopsy to say what killed him, they're already taking a look at how they use stun guns.
"Will there be changes? I don't know. We need to really take a good thorough look at the events that took place last night before we can make that decision," said L'Esperance.
Mason's family however isn't happy because they say a taser shouldn't have been used because he has epilicy.
"They tasered a disabled man," said a member of Mason's family.
That's something state police aren't allowed to do, and are investigating to see if Trooper David Shaffer was aware of his conditions.
But they say it appears Trooper Shaffer followed protocol.
"When he noticed that Mr. Mason was unarmed that he had no weapon the trooper lowered his weapon and transitioned to the taser," said L'Esperance.
The Orange County district attorney and attorney general will investigate to see if Trooper Shaffer used appropriate force.
