<sod >" Mr Mathews admitted: "The witnesses were yelling that this person, MrÂ Sanchez, was deaf, and could not hear.< eod>< sod > " Mr Mathews admitted: "The witnesses were yelling that this person, Mr Sanchez, was deaf, and could not hear. The officers did not know this as the time." Lieutenant Matthew Lindsey used his Taser on Mr Sanchez when he was 15ft from him, while his back-up Sergeant Chris Barnes shot him âmore than one timeâ, Mr Mathews said.< eod>