A 41-year-old man died shortly after being tasered by the police three times and after he jumped into a river to escape the cops.
The man has since been identified as Oladeji Adeyemi Omishore, a London resident who was dubbed a “really nice guy” by one of his neighbors.
According to the reports, Omishore was confronted by the police on Chelsea Bridge following reports of an individual “armed with a screwdriver” who was shouting “incomprehensible” religious statements at passersby.
In an attempt to subdue the man, the police reportedly tasered him three times. Still, he managed to climb the fence on the bridge and jump into the River Thames.
As one witness revealed, the 41-year-old was struggling to stay above the water and was eventually swept away by the current.
Omishore’s body was later pulled out of the water at Lambeth Pier.
“I heard someone shouting as they walked past my flat and I came out to see what the commotion was. There was a large man, who looked to be over 6ft tall, shouting at people in the street by the bridge,” the witness recalled.
“I couldn’t make out what he was saying as it was all quite incomprehensible but one word I did hear was ‘God.’ He was making religious references but what it mean I couldn’t tell.
“He was clearly in a distressed state and was brandishing something. The police later told me it was a screwdriver, but I have to say it didn’t look like that to me. It looked like a small metal bar of some sort.”
She added: “When the two officers arrived he ran onto the bridge and because of his size they tried to subdue him with taser. I saw them use it at least twice but it didn’t incapacitate him.
“Instead he managed to run off, leap a barrier and jumped into the river. It was awful to see. At some point I saw his head and shoulders come up above the water and he was bobbing around struggling to breath. The tide was strong and he wasn’t able to swim.”
Meanwhile, a neighbor of the deceased man claimed that Omishore “was a really nice guy” who was suffering from “serious mental health issues.”
As the neighbor also suggested, not taking medication could be the cause of the man’s outburst.
“He would talk about religion at times and said he’d wanted to be ‘normal’ but there was a ‘dark angel’ following him,” the neighbor said.
“Before he came here, he’d been in supported accommodation but he’d been deemed fit enough to live by himself. A social worker would drop in on him now and again.
“It’s tragic really, I wish he’d got the help he needed. Some of his family visited the flat yesterday to get some of his stuff. They are due to come back in the next few days to finish clearing it out.”
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