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Conn. suspect, 22, dies after police use stun gun

State Police said a 22-year-old suspect in custody for an alleged domestic dispute died after police tried to subdue him with a stun gun. Jose Maldonado of Manchester was arrested early Sunday morning after East Hartford police responded to a complaint of a dispute. Police said he damaged a vehicle occupied by a family including two adults and three children, injuring one of the adults. Police say Maldonado was combative and resisted arrest. He was taken to East Hartford Police Department for booking on charges of risk of injury to a minor, assault, and resisting arrest. He again became combative and was subdued by a stun gun, according to police who also said he seemed to suffer medical distress. He died at Hartford Hospital.