A Dallas man high on PCP was tased by a fellow passenger at one of downtown Dallas’s busiest transit hubs last week after behaving erratically and closing in on the commuter – and police say the rider who fired the stun gun will not face any charges.
Stacey Bell, 52, was arrested Wednesday, March 4, at the West End DART Station in Dallas and charged with narcotics possession after a fellow passenger deployed a stun gun against him in self-defense. DART Police said Bell had been moving erratically around the station before approaching the passenger aggressively.
Video captured Bell being struck with the stun gun, after which he is seen running from the passenger, who chases after him with the device still in hand. DART Police confirmed the passenger acted in self-defense and will not be charged with a crime.
A witness who recorded the confrontation on his phone described what he saw. Marquinn Hollins told FOX 4 that Bell was moving in a way that made it obvious something was off – like he was dancing as he walked down the street. Hollins said the passenger was repeatedly telling Bell to leave him alone, but Bell kept getting closer. Then Hollins heard what he described as a taser sound, followed by screaming and yelling. He said while seeing people under the influence at DART stations is not unusual, he had never witnessed anything like this before…