Cops justified in killing autistic man at Augusta homeless shelter, AG says
AUGUSTA (WGME) — Two law enforcement officials have been performing in self-defense of themselves and others after they shot and killed a person with autism in an Augusta homeless shelter, in keeping with the Kennebec Journal citing a assessment by the Workplace of the Maine Legal professional Common.
In October of 2021, officers have been known as to the Bread of Life shelter on Hospital Road for a report of a person armed with a knife.
Once they arrived, they discovered shelter staff serving to an injured man after which positioned 34-year-old Dustin Paradis in a kitchen holding a big chef’s knife.
In surveillance, movies, officers are heard telling Paradis to drop the knife.
In response, a person, presumably Paradis, could be heard saying, “Kill me.”
Police proceed asking Paradis to place down the knife, till surveillance video exhibits Paradis shifting ahead shortly, with knife in hand. That’s when officers fired their weapons.
Augusta Police Officer Sebastian Guptill and Sergeant Christopher Blodgett shot Paradis who died on the scene.
On audio recordings, witnesses are heard telling police Paradis had injured one other resident earlier by throwing a bowl behind his head.
The officers have been beforehand cleared by an Augusta police investigation and now the AG’s workplace has cleared them as nicely.
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