FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a man who told police he had overdosed on crack cocaine died after police in North Carolina used a Taser to restrain him.

Fayetteville police said Wednesday that officers responding to an early morning business alarm found 36-year-old Otis Anderson. Authorities said the man became combative and that officers twice shot him with a Taser to subdue him.

Medics attended to Anderson, but he stopped breathing and was later pronounced dead. Authorities said the man had told an officer that he had overdosed on crack cocaine.

Police did not directly link the Taser to Anderson's death. The State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident, and Fayetteville police are conducting an internal probe. One officer has been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation.

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