Oklahoma man dies after police officer uses Taser during arrest

WARNER — The name of the man who died after a Warner police officer used a Taser on him was released Saturday by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

David Cody Lynch, 33, of Warner, was involved in a traffic accident just before midnight Friday.

When a Warner officer arrived at U.S. 64 near 158th Street South to investigate, Lynch assaulted the officer, according to an OSBI news release. The officer “deployed his Taser,” the release stated.

After Lynch was handcuffed, the officer noticed Lynch was not breathing. An ambulance took him to a Muskogee hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The officer who was assaulted also was treated at that hospital for injuries that were not considered life-threatening.