Stephen Hill plunged around 50 feet off a sheer rock face after being stunned with a Taser by Los Angeles Police Department officers who had been negotiating with him for several hours.Hill's rampage was apparently triggered by the discovery that he was about to be fired and evicted from the office where he had been living. More here: Porn Actor Wanted for Sword Murder Dies in Hillside Fall.
Television footage of the incident showed Hill scrambling off the edge of the cliff feet first as police moved in after stunning him.
"He jumped down off the cliff after he was Tased," LAPD spokesman Bruce Borihanh said. Whether Hill died from being Tasered, the fall or possibly landing on the sword he was armed with was under investigation, Borihanh said.
Hill was wanted for one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder after attacking colleagues at a pornographic film distribution company warehouse in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Saturday's dramatic denouement began when police received a tip-off that Hill had been spotted at a property in the San Fernando Valley.
Hill was discovered at the property and was subsequentely cornered by officers at the edge of a steep cliff near the house, where he had threatened to kill himself, police said.
Somebody could make a crazy movie about this crazy story. Who was Herbert Wong? How did he get started in porn? How did he become "Tom Dong"? Why did he have to die by the blade of a samurai sword?
