Maybe because Gunn was clearly let off the leash he didn't have to restrain himself and so moments that may have been handled with more care were allowed to simply explode? When officers arrived, Scott was allegedly so combative that she had to be restrained.
The queen is popularly understood to have died by allowing a poisonous snake to bite her; however, her method of death is far from settled fact, per.
The death of Cleopatra, by Achilles Glisenti 1848-1906.