Sunday, July 28, 2013

Nursing Home Resident Dead After Confrontation With Police | NBC ...

The Victory Centre of Park Forest

A 95-year-old resident of an Illinois nursing home died early Saturday, hours after being shocked with a Taser and bean bag rounds in a confrontation with police.

Authorities said John Warna was a resident at Victory Centre of Park Forest, on the 100 block of South Main Street in the south suburb. He was threatening paramedics and staff with a cane and a metal shoehorn when police arrived at the complex, they said.

Police said they struck him with a Taser and bean bag rounds after he threatened officers with a 12-inch butcher knife.

Warna was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he later died.

A cause of death was not released by Saturday evening.

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Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/park-forest-nursing-home-death-217248961.html

Monica Wright