Story out of Fairfax Virginia:
A sheriff's deputy fatally shot a hospital patient who was wielding a metal sign post and appeared to be mentally disturbed, police said Tuesday.
The 29-year-old Hispanic man had just been discharged from Inova Fairfax Hospital Monday night when he began wielding a sign post with a sharp metal end, Police Chief Edwin Roessler said at a news conference. A hospital security guard was struck by the post before a sheriff's deputy who was guarding another hospital patient responded, Roessler said.
The deputy tried to talk the man down, but he continued to charge at the deputy, prompting him to fire multiple shots, Roessler said.
After shooting the man, the deputy began rendering first aid, as did police officers who responded shortly thereafter. Then, fire and rescue personnel arrived and transported him the short distance back to the hospital emergency room, Roessler said. Initially, police said the man's injuries were not life-threatening, but county police spokesman Don Gotthardt said the man died early Tuesday.
The encounter between the deputy and the man was captured on hospital surveillance video, Roessler said, but will not be released until an investigation is finished. Cont.
Story from - Metro News/AP
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