PITTSBURGH -- Results of a second autopsy released on a 37-year-old Swissvale man who died Aug. 5 after suburban police shocked him with a Taser are in.

Andre Thomas' family hired famed pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht to perform the second autopsy after the first by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office remains inconclusive pending toxicology test results.

But the Allegheny County medical examiner said there is no evidence Swissvale police used excessive force.

On Monday, the family's attorney, Howard Messner, said the second autopsy revealed 17 different bruises and abrasions on Thomas' body that were photographed and catalogued. There were contusions on his face and abrasions on his wrist.

The family is now asking the medical examiner to hand over Thomas' heart so that Wecht can get tissue and blood samples. Without the heart, Messner said there can be no conclusive finding by Wecht.

Messner said he talked to 24 witnesses after canvassing the neighborhood. He said all of them said Thomas was asking for help and that he did not commit any crime.

Messner also said the investigation also points to the Taser. He wants it checked to see if was possibly defective. The family also wants to know how many volts it gave and if the officer was trained to use it.

Messner said he believed the medical examiner should already have the results from the toxicology tests back. He said he thinks they just haven't released the results yet. However, the medical examiner said it would take several more weeks for the results to come back.

Police said Thomas was acting erratically and trying to enter people's homes on Hawthorne Avenue shortly before midnight on Aug. 5. Police said the Taser was used after Thomas made "furtive movements" toward officers.

Last week, District Attorney Stephen Zappala addressed the possibility of excited delirium, which is a condition where a person becomes irrational. The body temperature rises and organs fail and often times, it's associated with drug use.

Doctors and law enforcement officers don't all agree on whether the condition of excited delirium exists, but it is a term more medical examiners are using to explain why people die suddenly in police custody.

Zappala said Allegheny County police as well as the FBI are conducting investigations into the death.