6 Armed Chicago Police Kill 95yr Old War Vet For Refusing Hospital Trip
Bean-bag rounds kill Chicago World War II veteran John Wrana after he refused trip to hospital
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A 95-YEAR-old World War II veteran was killed after repeatedly being shot with beanbag rounds by Chicago police attempting to drag him to hospital, a court has been told.
The stepdaughter of John Wrana Jr has filed a lawsuit against the six officers involved in the incident which took place in July last year.
The Courthouse News Service reports officers had been summoned via a 911 call to the Park Forest Assisted Living Center to help remove Wrana after he refused to be taken to hospital for treatment for a urinary tract infection.
The complaint states the officers had been unable to persuade the veteran to leave his personal room. After conferring in the hall, the six men decided to take him by force.
In the fraca that resulted, “five rounds of bean bag cartridges from a 12 gauge shotgun within a distance of approximately only six to eight feet from Mr Wrana, far less than the distance allowed for discharging that shotgun, and, consequently, savagely wounding and killing Mr Wrana,” the court document reads.
Police officials say Wrana brandished “a cane or knife”, which elicited the officer’s response.
The bean bag cartridges travel at approximately 190 miles an hour, and the manufacturer warns that "shots to the head, neck thorax, heart or spine can result in fatal injury," according to the complaint.
His stepdaughter says the elderly man needed a cane to walk or stand up.
The 95-year-old man was then reportedly handcuffed, photographed and further restrained before being transported to hospital. He reportedly bled to death.
The Cook County Medical Examiner ruled that Mr Wrana’s death “was a homicide caused by blunt force trauma to his abdomen as a result of shots fired from a bean bag shotgun,” the suit says.
The lawsuit is seeking punitive damages for excessive force, wrongful death and violation of due process.
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