FORT WORTH– A grand jury has opted not to indict a Fort Worth police officer who used a Taser twice on a man who died about an hour later.

Tarrant County District Attorney Joe Shannon said the grand jury was asked whether police Cpl. Stephanie A. Phillips should be charged with a criminal offense in the April death of Michael Jacobs.

The Tarrant County medical examiner had ruled Jacobs' death a homicide. The mentally ill man was shocked with a Taser twice – the first time for 49 seconds and the second time for five seconds, with a one-second interval between the shocks.

Relatives have said they called police that day to report a disturbance because Jacobs had not been taking his medication for bipolar disorder. Officers said he became combative.

The Associated Press