A Roy, Utah man, Jose Calzada, 35, placed a call to a suicide prevention hotline at 4:00 a.m. Tuesday morning and threatened to kill himself, seven hour later he was shot and killed by police, according to law enforcement.
According to ABC 4, neighbors described Calzada as a quiet, friendly man, who was divorced and now lived in the home with his girlfriend and her children.
The first tragic mistake in this case was made when the Weber County Consolidated Dispatch Center sent officers to the residence rather than some type of crisis response team trained to deal with suicidal individuals.
From previous cases, such as that of Jason Turk, who was shot twice in the face after a suicide call to 9-1-1 by his wife, or that of Christian Alberto Sierra, who was suffering from depression and had attempted suicide when police showed up and shot him four times, killing him, most know all too well what happens when you send officers to “assist” people threatening suicide.
Subsequently, a SWAT team came to the residence and “negotiated” with Calzada for more than seven hours before taking his life.
“At some point those negotiations failed and unfortunately the SWAT team was involved in a shooting, and the subject is now deceased,” said Roy PD spokesman Matt Gwynn.
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Sounds like assisted suicide. He wanted to kill himself and chose suicide by cop. I agree that swat seems ridiculous for a suicide call. There should have been a prevention specialist there. As long as there were no hostages I think law enforcment can wait the guy out. Sometimes a think todays cops just live for a situation like this where the can get a happy by killing someone.
ReplyDeleteAs long as there were no hostages I think law enforcment can wait the guy out.
DeletePrecisely. Don't know what they were thinking, but obviously weren't thinking much or as you said, looking for an excuse and if so, sick individuals.
Ok, so for all the kids in the back of the room who didn't hear it the first 67 times, DON'T CALL THE POLICE UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE DEAD OR HAVE THE PERSON YOU'RE CALLING ABOUT BE DEAD.
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DeleteHa! :)
There was a similar situation in my neck of the woods where a guy wrote a note saying he was distraught because his girlfriend had left him. He did not even threaten to kill himself. His brother found the note and called the sheriff's department. In about four hours the author of the note was dead. Two of the deputies had returned from "SWAT" school about a week earlier and the department had recently acquired a new KRIS sub-machinegun (all courtesy of .gov). After the deputies could not get the guy to open the door for a "welfare" check, they fired teargas into the shack the man was living in and after sometime the fellow walks out with a single action revolver and fires twice. Then, he got "lit up" by the KRIS. It was so senseless. Never, ever invite the "man" into your life!
DeleteThanks and such a shame.
DeleteWorking as intended...
ReplyDeleteMay be.
DeleteI think they feed these swat recruits raw meat and viagra during training. These guys come out of training with a hard on to kill.
ReplyDeleteThey have major, mental problems.
DeleteBrock, "they have major, mental problems", perhaps, but do consider, that the evil side of a man is allowed to be unchecked by giving the means to do evil under the protect of law, uniform and that shiny badge. Think of all the average men on the street who willing rape a woman, if they knew they could get away with it. Think of all the government officials and bankers who have stolen Billions of dollars, and have gotten away with it.
DeleteSane people do bad things because they are evil in their heart.
Sane people do bad things because they are evil in their heart.
DeleteWell said.