Fouad slammed his car into two others before crashing his vehicle. His family claims that a gas can in his vehicle exploded in the final crash, setting Fouad on fire, and this was the reason for his erratic driving. Fouad emerged from the wreckage, burned, dazed and nude. Williams J. Bergin, a
Sandy, Oregon police officer and David. E. Willard, a
Clackamas County deputy, arrived at the scene and observed that Kaady was naked and sitting "Indian style" on the ground and had severe burns all over his body. He was ordered to lie face down on the ground, despite his injuries. When Kaady failed to comply with orders to lie on the ground they used a
taser on him multiple times.{{cite journal|last=Spence|first=Kent|date=16 March 2010|title=Fouad Kaady family attorney issues statement in fatal shooting by officers Eyewitness accounts of the incident are split, with some individuals outraged that the officers used deadly force, stating Fouad was unarmed, naked, badly burned and confused, and had not provoked the officers, and others convinced that the officers acted appropriately. However, there are discrepancies between the shared account of the enforcing officers and the separate witnesses who saw the scene. A subsequent internal investigation ultimately cleared the officers of any misconduct. ==Civil trial==