Relatives of Israel Hern谩ndez-Llach, the teen who died after being shot by a Taser stun gun, will announce Tuesday that they are suing the Miami Beach Police Department.
The death of the 18-year-old street artist has drawn widespread headlines and reignited debate over the use stun guns by law enforcement.
A Miami Beach police officer on Aug. 6 caught 鈥婬ern谩ndez-Llach spray-painting a shuttered McDonald鈥檚 on North Beach. After a foot chase, Miami Beach Officer Jorge Mercado shot Hern谩ndez-Llach with his department-issued Taser.