Inmate, 33, hit by stun gun is dead

An inmate at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center who the Sheriff's Office said was erratic and violent, died early Friday morning after a night in which he was placed in a restraining chair and stunned by a Taser gun at least twice.

Lawrence "Tootie" Berry, 33, of Gretna, was pronounced dead about 3 a.m. at West Jefferson Medical Center on Friday. The cause of death is undetermined, and an autopsy is scheduled for Monday, Sheriff Harry Lee said.