South LA Man Dies In Custody After Police Use Taser, Bean Bag Rounds To Detain Him

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) -- A man died following a confrontation with police officers Sunday in South Los Angeles, prompting a large scale police response and use of force investigation.

LAPD officials say officers responded to calls of a suspected prowler in the 4400 block of Towne Avenue just before 12 p.m. When officers arrived, they say the suspected prowler resisted arrest.

Authorities told CBS2's Dave Lopez that responding officers tried negotiating and talking with the man for 30 minutes before using non-lethal force to take him into custody.

"Unfortunately, the subject was so agitated that there was some non-lethal force used on this individual until he was eventually taken into custody by the officers," LAPD Det. Meghan Aguilar said.

Officials say they did not believe the man was armed with a gun, but they did believe he had a weapon. According to Lopez, no weapon was found.

After nearly half an hour of attempting to subdue the man, authorities used a taser and bean bag rounds to detain the suspect.

Shortly after officers detained the suspected prowler, the man was taken to the hospital where he later died. Force investigation detectives were then called to the scene.

While officials have not yet released the man's identity, the man's mother identified him as 25-year-old Jose Chavez.

Details regarding Chavez's death have not yet been made clear.