DEATH DUE TO EXCITED DELIRIUM

Autopsy Result On Man Shot With Stun Gun

Excited delirium killed an Edmonton tattoo shop owner who died after
being shot with a stun gun, an autopsy determined.

"Excited delirium is a state of extreme excitation that can be fatal
- - it can lead to a state of exhaustion where the heart stops," said
Alberta Justice spokesman David Dear.

"Alberta's Fatality Review Board will review this case to determine
whether to recommend a fatality inquiry be held."

Trevor Grimolfson, 38, died Oct. 29 after police deployed a stun gun
in an attempt to subdue him.

Before police brought him under control, Grimolfson had been
rampaging through a west-end pawn shop near his tattoo shop and even
attacked a man, witnesses said.

Multiple witnesses said police reacted appropriately when they used the weapon.

Dear said the cause of Grimolfson's death was brought on by drug use,
but could not say which narcotics Grimolfson had taken before becoming erratic.

On the social networking site Facebook, some expressed skepticism
about the autopsy's findings.

"It was announced today that Trevor died from excited delirium - a
dubious condition at best and one that only ever shows up when Tasers
are involved," writes Patti Gillman Nee Bagnell on a memorial page
for Grimolfson. "It's meant to take the blame off of police and put
it onto the victim.

"With current developments, I'm blown away by the Alberta
government's use of that as a cause of death."