Florida man fighting for his life after being 'cooked alive' when he was Tasked by deputy
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Shocking moment suspect and cop catch fire as taser used at gas pump
Horrific new bodycam captures cop tasering dirt bike rider at gas station causing fireball that 'cooked victim alive': Deputy screams in pain and begs fellow officers 'to put it out' as he rolls on the ground
While pumping gas in Osceola County, Jean Barreto, 26, was 'cooked alive' after a deputy from the sheriff's office tasered him, causing an explosive fire
The family of 26-year-old Fed Ex worker Jean Barreto are demanding that the state or federal government intervene in police's investigation of the incident
Lawyer for Barreto say he 'sustained third-degree burns on approximately 75% of his body... [and] is wrapped and unwrapped in gauze daily'
A State Fire Marshal report confirmed that the taser caused the gas station fire
Police refused to turn over bodycam footage of the incident, and have yet to identify the deputies involved, pending an internal investigation
The force has also refused to provide incident reports detailing the incident
The Florida dirt bike rider who was burned alive in an explosion when a deputy tasered him while he was pumping gas was stopped by police after attending a 'peaceful memorial ride', his family's attorney said.
The family of 26-year-old Fed Ex worker Jean Barreto are demanding that the state or federal government intervene in police's investigation of the incident.
'We're not saying anything other than let's get the truth out. And it's not out,' attorney Mark NeJame said during a news conference addressing the February 27 incident, which left Barreto hospitalized with third-degree burns on most of his body.
More than ten weeks later, Barreto remains hospitalized, NeJame said, undergoing intense treatment and repeated skin-grafts as he barely clings to life.
Police previously said the incident started after they received a call saying a group of bikers were pointing guns at civilians, spurring them to stop Barreto in Kissimmee, 9 miles from the Orange County Wawa where the explosion would eventually occur.
Cops say Barreto, who was on his way home from a motorbike rally that was broken up by cops due to a recent 'zero tolerance' police implemented by the force against groups of bikers, fled the traffic stop on his bike and was tracked down to the Wawa.
Security footage then showed another Osceola County Sheriff's deputy pulling up behind Barreto as he filled his bike up, and tackling him from behind.
Once Barreto is on the ground, the footage showed the deputy in question deploying his stun gun, setting off a chain reaction that causes the pump Barreto had been standing at to explode, severely burning the Orlando resident.
During the presser, NeJame challenged Osceola County Sheriff's' account of the events that led up to the explosion, which has left Barreto with 'third-degree burns on approximately 75% of his body' and most of his skin 'burned off,' barely clinging to life.
He also noted Sheriff Marcos Lopez 'zero tolerance' policy, showing a video of the sheriff Lopez arresting a group of motorcyclists in the for popping wheelies.
'Don't let them get away with these kinds of misrepresentations,' he said.
The attorney also challenged the office - which has refused to release deputies' worn body-camera footage of the incident - to produce evidence Barreto had fled police before the encounter.
'That's something they have to produce,' the lawyer told reporters. 'Bring it on.'
'We're calling today for Florida Department of Law Enforcement to take this case over or to have the US Justice Department to take this case over. There's too much going on, too many questions that need to be asked.'
Among the attorney's questions was why an officer would deploy a taser toward someone standing at something as flammable as a gas pump, knowing the risk of that firing an electrical charge near it might bring.
He said the group of bikers Barreto had gathered for a peaceful memorial ride, and that Barreto has never owned a gun and has no criminal record.
The assertions challenged previous claims from the Osceola County Sheriff's Department that officers had cause to approach Barreto, who they said fled from officers at a prior traffic stop.
The Osceola County Sheriff's Office previously acknowledged that a stun gun was deployed but would not say if it sparked the fire. However, a Fire Marshall's analysis of the crime scene, reiterated by NeJame Wednesday, determined that the gun did cause the explosion.
NeJame has been increasingly critical of Osceola Sheriff Marcos Lopez in recent weeks, claiming a lack of transparency by his force, which has yet to provide police reports detailing the incident or a concrete reason for the botched arrest.
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