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FBI opens probe into Taser death in Pgh.

SWISSVALE, Pa. — The FBI is investigating the case of a man who died after being subdued by police with a Taser.

The agency will monitor the Allegheny County police investigation into the death of 37-year-old Andre Thomas, who died early Tuesday after being arrested by police in Swissvale. His father and witnesses said a police officer stomped on Thomas.

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