Littlefield, Arizona police recently tasered a man to death after he tried to flee a the scene of a traffic stop.

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office explains that the motorcyclist had been stopped on the Arizona Strip, about 90-miles northeast of Las Vegas, after riding his motorcycle with no rear license plate.

Spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Office, Trish Carter said that when police officers attempted to stop the motorcyclist, he fled on foot into the desert.