MAN CRITICAL AFTER BPD TUSSLE

A man is in critical condition after he stopped breathing when Bakersfield police used force to take him into custody. Police responded midday Monday to a home on Lacey Street near H Street in south Bakersfield where the man was said to be threatening to kill people with a machete. Police wrestled him down and began CPR when he passed out, no one else was injured.

Sean Michael Lisle