US Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley tasered, arrested in police altercation

US Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was tasered and later hit with a number of charges after a wild incident caught on video.

American sprinter and Olympic medallist Fred Kerley was tasered and arrested by police officers after a wild incident in Miami.

Kerley approached the site of an active investigation and impeded officers’ efforts, according to News 7 Miami, as the New York Post reports.

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Kerley, 29, encountered officers who were on the 100 block of 9th Street and expressed concern about his car, which was parked nearby.

The Olympian was asked by officers to vacate the scene but refused. According to reports, he became aggressive and assumed a fighting stance.

Back-up units were called in to assist in de-escalating the situation and a taser was used to subdue Kerley.

Watch the incident in the video player above

US sprinter Fred Kerley was arrested in Miami. Photos: Miami Beach PD/AFP

Officers’ body cam footage obtained by Fox 7 News showed the scene unfolding.

A female onlooker can be heard repeatedly screaming “stop” as the incident took place.

At the Miami Beach precinct, he was charged with battery on a police officer, corrections officer or firefighter, resisting an officer without violence and disorderly conduct.

It’s unclear whether Kerley had any relation to the investigation police were in the midst of conducting when he arrived at the scene.

Kerley, a native Texan, has appeared in two Olympic Games for Team USA.

At the 2020 games in Tokyo, he took home the silver medal in the 100 metres.

His second Olympic appearance came at the Paris 2024 games, where he earned a bronze medal in the 100m.

Kerley celebrates after winning the 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon on July 16, 2022. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP)

Kerley (second from top) took bronze at the Paris Olympics. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

In addition to his Olympic appearances, Kerley has also competed at a number of World Championships.

At the 2017 worlds in London, he earned a silver medal as a member of Team USA in the 4×400 metre relay. Two years later, at the 2019 World Championship in Doha, he earned gold in the same event and bronze in the 400m final.

In 2022, at the championship in Eugene, he ran the 100m sprint in 9.86 seconds to capture the gold medal.

He won another gold medal the following year at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest as a member of the 4×100m relay team.

He is the cousin of former Jets wide receiver Jeremy Kerley.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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