On March 27, 2026, a school resource officer is under investigation after striking a high school baseball player in the head with a Taser following a game at Pee Dee Academy in Marion County, South Carolina.
The incident involved a player from Lee Academy, the visiting team, who is not a student at Pee Dee Academy. Video shows the officer restraining the teen from behind with his arm around the player’s neck while holding a Taser in his other hand. The officer then strike the student on the side of the head with the device as bystanders shout.
Witness accounts indicate the confrontation followed a postgame dispute that may have involved a player’s mother and an umpire. Some reports also suggest the altercation escalated after the student allegedly stepped on the officer’s foot with baseball cleats, though officials have not confirmed those details.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said the deputy involved has been reassigned while the incident is investigated.
Authorities have not announced any charges, and the investigation remains ongoing.
