Teen died in cold Lakewood swamp after fleeing police. Were cops negligent?

Teen died in cold Lakewood swamp after fleeing police. Were cops negligent?

While 16-year-old Nick Woody lay dying of hypothermia in a Lakewood swamp a few dozen feet from police, an officer fired just over a dozen balls of pepper spray at him, hoping to roust him from the water.It didn’t work. The boy would be dead by dawn.Hours of body-worn camera video and police reports obtained by The News Tribune through public requests show how officers with the Lakewood Police Department, after locating Nick, waited 35 minutes b…