FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) — An investigation is underway into a Fort Myers police officer’s use of force, after a video showed him pulling a gun on two teenage boys and shocking one of them with a taser.
According to NBC affiliate WBBH , the incident occurred on May 2 when the officer conducted a traffic stop on 19-year-old E’Zarius Lockwood and Easter Clarence Alexander at the intersection of Henderson and Lincoln in Fort Myers.
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The teens pulled up behind the officer and honked their horn to reportedly let him know they were behind him. WBBH chose not to name the officer due to no charges being filed as of this report.
The video shows the officer approach the men, holding out his gun and pointing it at Lockwood. After demanding that the teens get back in their car, the cop slams Alexander against a vehicle…