It Ain't Just Paint: Wyoming Man Tries to Shield Self from Taser

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (CBS/AP) A Wyoming man who covered himself with white latex paint in hopes of avoiding a police Taser, was hit with the stun gun anyway.

The Taser chase happened Sept. 16, when Cheyenne police went to Brian Mattert's house on a domestic violence call.

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that when police arrived, Mattert thought they'd use a Taser on him, so he hastily covered himself in paint and told officers that if they shot him with the stun gun, he'd die.

Officers told him the paint wouldn't affect the Taser's capability.

Police say there was a scuffle, and Mattert was hit with a Taser twice (once for each coat of paint?).

The suspect was then handcuffed, and faces several criminal charges.

Police say the officers' uniforms had to be cleaned.