For the second time in less than three months, Danville police have killed a dog. Police issued a news release saying a pit bull attacking other dogs died after officers used a Taser on it Wednesday. The dog’s owner was charged with four counts of having an unlicensed dog and three counts of having an unvaccinated dog. On June 8, a Danville officer fired a single gunshot that killed an 11-year-old miniature dachshund that was growling at him. Police Chief Philip A. Broadfoot initially said the officer had acted in accordance with department policy, but the chief later fired the officer after saying an investigation did not support the officer’s version of events that preceded the shooting.

Prince William County police are looking into whether officers went too far in deploying a Taser while arresting a man and woman over the weekend.

Taser International unveiled its first new stun gun since 2003, a device that can shock three people without reloading.

Virginia State Police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old Martinsville boy who died Thursday after a city police officer used a Taser on him. Martinsville Police Chief Mike Rogers said officer R.L. Wray, now on paid administrative leave, approached the boy in a home on Rives Road and used his stun gun when the boy “moved rapidly” toward him in an offensive manner.

Heart disease and excessive weight killed Yvelt Occean after he struggled with police in April, and not the shocks of a police Taser that officers used to subdue him, authorities have concluded. After nearly eight months of investigation, the state medical examiner’s office has ruled that Occean, 31, died from coronary artery atherosclerosis—the principal cause of coronary artery disease—about 2½ hours after being shocked with a Taser on April 5 in New Kent County.

A Richmond woman who accused Henrico County police of abusing her during an arrest was convicted yesterday of multiple charges linked to the incident. A Henrico judge, pointedly referring to a prior conviction in Richmond for resisting arrest, sentenced Deontra C. Johnson to one month in jail yesterday in connection with a traffic stop that ended with Johnson being repeatedly Tasered by a Henrico police officer.