Police identify person shot to death after threatening officer
NORFOLK -- Police said an officer shot 72-year-old Lawrence Faine
after Faine threatened the officer with a knife Wednesday afternoon.
Faine died as a result.
The officer was helping to serve an emergency custody order at
Faine's home in Calvary Towers, an assisted living community, located at
850 East Virginia Beach Boulevard.
The shooting happened on the sixth floor of the apartment building at about 3:30 p.m.
Norfolk Police Department spokesman Officer Daniel Hudson said when
officers tried to take Faine into custody, he threatened them with a
knife, which is when he was shot.
I take your point, Thelma. However, there is a larger point that applies across the Commonwealth of Virginia, where these incidents have become quite common as our public officials follow a dangerous policy of dumping seriously mentally ill people into assisted living facilities intended for the frail elderly.
A family member stated that this man was a long-time schizophrenic. Officers were attempting to serve a temporary detention order, the beginning of the process for involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital.
Obviously there was some other threatening behavior that we have not yet heard about against other residents of these apartments for the elderly.
To me, this raises the question of why a violent schizophrenic seriously mentally ill person was living in an apartment complex for the elderly in the first place.
There is a big difference between schizophrenia and age-related dementia. These two populations should not be living side by side. The services they need are very different. It is very dangerous to the elderly with dementia.
A small sampling of numerous similar incidents:
At Colonial Manor, a fight between two mentally ill residents spilled over into the parking lot. When police arrived, one of the men jumped in a car and attempted to run over a police officer. He was shot dead in the parking lot, the hail of gunfire rudely interrupting the lunch of elderly residents.
At Oakwood, a mentally ill four-time felon beat a 92 year old lady senseless, ultimately causing her death.
At Ashwood, a mentally ill woman pushed and shoved an 88 year old lady to the floor, breaking her arm and hip.
And on and on.
Under the rubric of "prisoner re-entry," our Commissioner of Aging and Rehabilitative Services, James Rothrock, has attempted to dump more mentally ill felons into nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and other oases designed for the protection of the vulnerable elderly.
In reality, this shameless policy is a cost-saving measure. Ultimately, however, the cost of litigation and damages from this dangerous policy will overwhelm any alleged cost savings.
The cops should have known they were in an elderly facility.
ReplyDeleteHow close did the guy get?
We are hearing more and more stories of police taking excessive force with the elderly.
ReplyDeleteI take your point, Thelma. However, there is a larger point that applies across the Commonwealth of Virginia, where these incidents have become quite common as our public officials follow a dangerous policy of dumping seriously mentally ill people into assisted living facilities intended for the frail elderly.
ReplyDeleteA family member stated that this man was a long-time schizophrenic. Officers were attempting to serve a temporary detention order, the beginning of the process for involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital.
Obviously there was some other threatening behavior that we have not yet heard about against other residents of these apartments for the elderly.
To me, this raises the question of why a violent schizophrenic seriously mentally ill person was living in an apartment complex for the elderly in the first place.
There is a big difference between schizophrenia and age-related dementia. These two populations should not be living side by side. The services they need are very different. It is very dangerous to the elderly with dementia.
A small sampling of numerous similar incidents:
At Colonial Manor, a fight between two mentally ill residents spilled over into the parking lot. When police arrived, one of the men jumped in a car and attempted to run over a police officer. He was shot dead in the parking lot, the hail of gunfire rudely interrupting the lunch of elderly residents.
At Oakwood, a mentally ill four-time felon beat a 92 year old lady senseless, ultimately causing her death.
At Ashwood, a mentally ill woman pushed and shoved an 88 year old lady to the floor, breaking her arm and hip.
And on and on.
Under the rubric of "prisoner re-entry," our Commissioner of Aging and Rehabilitative Services, James Rothrock, has attempted to dump more mentally ill felons into nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and other oases designed for the protection of the vulnerable elderly.
In reality, this shameless policy is a cost-saving measure. Ultimately, however, the cost of litigation and damages from this dangerous policy will overwhelm any alleged cost savings.