According to a Saturday afternoon news release, Ard saw a suspicious man in a construction site about 1:50 a.m. Saturday, while he was on routine patrol near Cervantes and T streets.
The man left the scene on a bicycle and Ard pursued, attempting to stop him using verbal commands and blue police lights, the release said.
The officer also tried unsuccessfully to shock the fleeing man with a Taser stun gun, according to the release.
After the Taser was fired, the man turned into the parking lot of a vacant business near R Street, crashed his bicycle, and was run over by the pursuing police car, according to the release.
The man, who remained unidentified Saturday afternoon, was pinned beneath the car during the crash, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
