'ER' actress Vanessa Marquez shot and killed by police

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

There is something particularly heartbreaking about calling the police to conduct a welfare check only to have them kill the person who's welfare they're supposed to be ensuring. How does someone who is suffering from a seizure end up in possession of a gun and pointing it at the officers?

'ER' actress Vanessa Marquez shot and killed by police

by Phil McCausland / Aug.31.2018 / 12:19 PM ET / Updated 2:02 PM ET

Vanessa Marquez, an actress known for her regular appearance on the popular NBC television show “ER,” was shot and killed by police in South Pasadena on Thursday after she brandished a BB gun, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Friday.

Officers from the South Pasadena Police Department visited the actress’s apartment on Thursday to perform a welfare check on Marquez, 49. When they arrived, the officers said they noticed that she was suffering from seizures.

Vanessa Marquez as Nurse Wendy Goldman on Episode 15 of ER on Feb. 5, 1995.Alice S. Hall / NBCU Photo Bank
Marquez became increasingly uncooperative as they spoke to her and encouraged her to receive medical treatment for over an hour and a half, authorities said. She then brandished what appeared to be a handgun and police shot her in response.

The weapon turned out to be a BB gun and was "described as a replica semi-automatic handgun,” according to police.

A county mental health clinician had accompanied the South Pasadena officers to the scene, the sheriff's office said.

"She was suffering from some problems, eating disorder," Sgt. Joe Mendoza of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told reporters, according to NBC News Los Angeles. "When they [officers] arrived, she was suffering a seizure."

The L.A. County Sheriff’s office said that it is investigating the officer-involved shooting.​

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Huh....

Less than a year ago, Marquez made headlines when she alleged that her “ER” co-star George Clooney had caused her to be blacklisted after she complained of racial discrimination and sexual harassment, according to Variety.​

 

[Wyatt earp]

It appears those cops were not trained properly, Jesus over an hour and those clowns couldn't defuse the situation and what were the paramedics doing???


It's not like she had the little BB gun on her at the whole time. Their has to way be more to this story .


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[Skylar]

It appears those cops were not trained properly, Jesus over an hour and those clowns couldn't defuse the situation and what were the paramedics doing???


It's not like she had the little BB gun on her at the whole time. Their has to way be more to this story .


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Here's a great way to diffuse the situation. If someone one a welfare check refuses medical treatment, leave.

 

[BlackFlag]

There is something particularly heartbreaking about calling the police to conduct a welfare check only to have them kill the person who's welfare they're supposed to be ensuring. How does someone who is suffering from a seizure end up in possession of a gun and pointing it at the officers?

'ER' actress Vanessa Marquez shot and killed by police

by Phil McCausland / Aug.31.2018 / 12:19 PM ET / Updated 2:02 PM ET

Vanessa Marquez, an actress known for her regular appearance on the popular NBC television show “ER,” was shot and killed by police in South Pasadena on Thursday after she brandished a BB gun, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Friday.

Officers from the South Pasadena Police Department visited the actress’s apartment on Thursday to perform a welfare check on Marquez, 49. When they arrived, the officers said they noticed that she was suffering from seizures.

Vanessa Marquez as Nurse Wendy Goldman on Episode 15 of ER on Feb. 5, 1995.Alice S. Hall / NBCU Photo Bank
Marquez became increasingly uncooperative as they spoke to her and encouraged her to receive medical treatment for over an hour and a half, authorities said. She then brandished what appeared to be a handgun and police shot her in response.

The weapon turned out to be a BB gun and was "described as a replica semi-automatic handgun,” according to police.

A county mental health clinician had accompanied the South Pasadena officers to the scene, the sheriff's office said.

"She was suffering from some problems, eating disorder," Sgt. Joe Mendoza of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told reporters, according to NBC News Los Angeles. "When they [officers] arrived, she was suffering a seizure."

The L.A. County Sheriff’s office said that it is investigating the officer-involved shooting.​

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