Mom Says Phillies Taser Teen Is Sorry

PHILADELPHIA - The mother of the teen tasered at last night's Phillies game says her son is very sorry and she personally apologizes to the Phillies.

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Her son, Steve Consalvi, 17, of Gilbertsville, Pa., was tasered after he ran onto the field at the Phillies-Cardinals game

Amy Zeigler says her son was very sorry for what happened. She also apologized to the team for causing the publicity about the incident.

"It's shocking. I want to make a public apology to the Philadelphia Phillies. They are a good team. They don't deserve this," Zeigler said,

"My son is upset about this. He regrets it. He still loves them. We want them to go far."

Zeigler said her son went to the Phillies game with friends, but his behavior at the game was atypical.

"He is a wonderful kid. This isn't like him," she said.

Zeigler said she didn't know what motivated Consalvi to jump onto the field.

"It was stupid, absolutely stupid."

She said the toughest part was watching her son get tasered on camera.

"It was not nice to see that," Zeigler said, fighting back tears. "He just dropped and it was a little scary."

She said Consalvi is a student at Boyertown High School who is headed to Penn State next year.

He was taken to Methodist Hospital to be checked out and he was OK after the incident.

Wayne Consalvi, his father, told the Philadelphia Inquirer earlier on Tuesday his son is a local high school student and he didn't mean any harm.

Police are reviewing the case to see if it was an appropriate use of force.

The incident occurred at the start of the eighth inning at Citizens Bank Park as the Phillies were in the field and the St. Louis Cardinals were preparing to bat.

Consalvi, wearing a red Phillies National League Champions T-shirt and khaki shorts, was running around the outfield waving a white towel and eluding security.

A uniformed bicycle patrol officer pointed the Taser at him, fired and didn't miss, taking the teen down face-first.

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Several Phillies players were then filmed hiding their faces in their gloves, maybe laughing behind them or keeping commentary from potential lip-readers.

Phillies spokeswoman Bonnie Clark said they'll be talking to the police to determine whether it was appropriate to Taser the fan.

Philadelphia police Lt. Frank Vanore said the department's Internal Affairs Bureau would examine if it was "proper use of the equipment," meaning the Taser.

But Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said on his way in to work Tuesday morning that, from what he's seen so far, the "officer acted appropriately, and I support him 100 percent."