Naked man accused of beating 2, biting Austin cop's legA man had to be shot with a Taser three times after he ran naked in an Austin neighborhood, attacked two people and bit a police officer, according to an arrest affidavit.
On Sunday afternoon, Austin police went to 12th and Cometa St. near Springdale Road after someone reported a disturbance.
According to the affidavit, an officer saw a naked man attacking a man and woman.
The officer says he ordered the suspect, Ernest Smith II, on the ground. But Smith got up and lunged toward another officer.
That officer fired a taser at Smith. He fell to the ground, got up again and was tased a second time.
At that point several officers tried handcuffing Smith. During the struggle, the affidavit says he bit an officer's leg and was tased a third time.
Officers then were finally able to take him into custody.
Smith is charged with assault on a police officer.
He probably just moved to Texas from Florida.
