By James Nye PUBLISHED: 07:36 EST, 9 August 2013 | UPDATED: 08:09 EST, 9 August 2013 The family of an 18-year-old Miami graffiti artist who died after being chased and Tasered by a pair of Miami Beach police officers on Tuesday are outraged after witnesses described seeing the cops high-fiving each other in celebration as he lay dying. The distraught father of Israel Hernandez-Llach has called for an investigation into what he called an 'act of barbarism and assassination' and Officer Jorge Mercado, a 13-year veteran of the force, has been placed on paid administrative leave - pending an investigation.
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Israel Hernandez-Llach, 18, was Tasered on Tuesday after Miami police caught him spray painting the front of a McDonalds
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The officers gave chase for ten minutes and cornered Hernandez-Llach
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He was hit in the chest by the stun gun - lost consciousness and could not be revived
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Witnesses reported seeing the officers who caught the teen celebrating wildly with high-fives as he lay dying
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