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POSTED: 5:28 pm EDT April 20,
2008
UPDATED: 5:48 pm EDT April 21,
2008
OXFORD, Ohio -- A man police stunned with a Taser after a bar fight near Miami University is in critical condition at a Cincinnati hospital. University Hospital said Kevin Piskura, a 24-year-old native of northeast Ohio, remained in critical condition Monday.He was transferred from McCullough-Hyde Hospital in Oxford. Oxford police said Piskura, a 2006 Miami graduate, was stunned by police after fighting with officers who were trying to arrest a friend on a disorderly conduct charge.Police said the friend had fought with bouncers at the Brick Street Bar.Butler County prosecutors are reviewing the officers' actions.Piskura is the son of a retired Bedford police officer and grew up in Walton Hills.He graduated from Benedictine High School in 2002.
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