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The Latest: Video shows deputies using stun guns on man

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Mary Ann Sherman weeps while taking about her son Chase Sherman, seen in photos at right, during a news conference at her attorney's office Friday, May 20, 2016, in Atlanta. Two deputies yell "Stop fighting!" and "He's got my Taser!" as they repeatedly stun Chase Sherman, handcuffed in the back of a vehicle, commanding him to relax even as he insists "I'm dead," shortly before he stops breathing, body-camera video from the incident shows. The video shows the Nov. 20 incident in the back of an SUV in Coweta County, outside Atlanta. Sherman, 32, of Destin, Florida, was pronounced dead at a hospital later that day.(AP Photo/David Goldman) (The Associated Press)

This Nov. 20, 2015, frame grab from video taken from a body camera worn by a Coweta County, Ga., Sheriff's Department deputy shows Chase Sherman, 32, of Destin, Fla., being held down by a deputy in the back seat of a car outside Atlanta. Deputies who responded to a call from Sherman's mother attempted to subdue Sherman by using electronic control devices. Then they realized Sherman has stopped breathing and moved him out of the vehicle. Sherman was pronounced dead at a hospital later that day. ( Coweta Country District Attorney's Office via AP) (The Associated Press)

Attorney Chris Stewart, right, demonstrates the use of a taser, while standing next to Mary Ann Sherman, during a news conference in response to a video showing her son's struggle with police officers Friday, May 20, 2016, in Atlanta. Two deputies yell "Stop fighting!" and "He's got my Taser!" as they repeatedly stun Chase Sherman, handcuffed in the back of a vehicle, commanding him to relax even as he insists "I'm dead," shortly before he stops breathing, body-camera video from the incident shows. The video shows the Nov. 20 incident in the back of an SUV in Coweta County, outside Atlanta. Sherman, 32, of Destin, Florida, was pronounced dead at a hospital later that day.(AP Photo/David Goldman) (The Associated Press)

The Latest on body camera video that shows Georgia sheriff's deputies repeatedly using a stun gun on a handcuffed man who later died (all times local):

12:05 p.m.

A Georgia prosecutor says he's still reviewing the case of a Florida man who died after sheriff's deputies used a stun gun on him multiple times while trying to subdue him.

Coweta County sheriff's deputies responded to the side of an interstate Nov. 20 after Chase Sherman's mother called 911. She told the dispatcher she was in a car with her husband, her son and the son's girlfriend on southbound Interstate 85. She said her son was "freaking out" and had taken a synthetic drug known as spice.

Body camera video shows two deputies struggling to subdue Sherman until he becomes still. Sherman was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney Peter Skandalakis said in a statement Friday that his office has not finished reviewing the case and the investigation is ongoing.

Col. James Yarbrough said Friday the two deputies remain on the job.

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10:55 a.m.

Body camera video shows Georgia sheriff's deputies using stun guns multiple times on an unarmed man in the back of a vehicle who died shortly after the struggle.

The video posted by The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/1TuBsvG ) shows Coweta County sheriff's deputies struggling to subdue 32-year-old Chase Sherman of Destin, Florida, in the back of an SUV Nov. 20.

The video, which the newspaper says is from body cameras worn by sheriff's deputies, shows deputies struggling with Sherman until he's still and they realize he's not breathing.

The deputies responded after Sherman's mother called 911. She told the dispatcher she was in a car with her husband, her son and the son's girlfriend on southbound Interstate 85. She said her son was "freaking out" and had taken a synthetic drug known as spice.