Terminal Illness - Death By Suicide (drugs, felony, Chicago, gun)

[NoJiveMan]

A man shot and wounded by an officer inside the Vernon Hills police station this morning had a note in his pocket saying he was dying of cancer and indicating he wanted police to kill him.

Sad, very sad.


Read more.....
Armed man shot inside Vernon Hills police station - chicagotribune.com

[butkus51]

It's a horrible story.

[seattlerain]

Very unfortunate and sad...and perhaps an argument for physician assisted suicide.

[Chimuelojones]

Isnt that called death by cop or suicide by cop?

[blackhemi]

I feel bad for the cop. Something like this could destroy him psychologically. I hope he is OK.

I'm all for doctor assisted suicide.

[LuckyGem]

He's wounded.

Lazarus has been charged with aggravated assault, a Class 4 felony.

Now he'll die in jail.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Chimuelojones

Isnt that called death by cop or suicide by cop?

Yup. Suicide by cop happens a lot.
It is always a terrible thing for the officers involved.

[NoJiveMan]

Originally Posted by Chimuelojones

Isnt that called death by cop or suicide by cop?

Exactly.
Someone mentioned assisted suicide. See Jack Kevorkian.
Jack Kevorkian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes, looks like the man will die in prison.

Please members, don't attack me for this but, I guess the man didn't have it in himself to just put the muzzle of his own gun against his temple. It's not a way I would choose either.

Movie stars have died from accidental overdoses of drugs, as well as people who are depressed. I wonder if he'd ever considered that option?

What to do with terminally ill, when they no longer have the desire to suffer?

I watched a terminally ill parent wither away in a matter of two weeks, I wished something could have been done to lessen her suffering.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by blackhemi

I feel bad for the cop. Something like this could destroy him psychologically. I hope he is OK.

I'm all for doctor assisted suicide.

Yup. Lou Gherig's disease and others take away a sufferer's suicide option; even if they want to end their lives, they have no physical means left of doing so except starvation, and modern medicine won't permit that, except for terminal brain damage when the brain is dead but the heart and lungs still function.

Personally, I prefer not to die by slow degrees with only my mind intact. I vastly admire those who are able to accept that kind of death with no complaint. I would sooner get a sedative overdose than go through that, even if I had a few possible months left.

[NoJiveMan]

Well, come to find out from late news reports from ABC7 in Chicago, the man had a fake gun.