Jailed Man Accused of Using Stun Gun on Officers, Inmates

A Missouri man jailed on murder charges is now facing additional counts for allegedly using a stun gun on three officers at a county jail.

The Sikeston Standard-Democrat reports that 28-year-old William Henry Applewhite III faces new counts of first-degree assault on corrections officers and armed criminal action.

The incident happened Sunday. Scott County Sheriff Rick Walker says Applewhite created a disturbance and three officers intervened. Applewhite allegedly was able to take a stun gun from one officer and used it on all three, along with two other inmates, before he was subdued.

One of the officers was treated at a hospital.

Applewhite is jailed awaiting trial for a January killing in Sikeston. He is charged with first-degree murder.