Police shoot NYC hammer attack suspect

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Cops: Shot suspect in hammer attacks has history of paranoia
By KAREN MATTHEWS and COLLEEN LONG

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and wounded by a police officer after he pulled out a hammer and struck a second officer has a history of mental illness.

Thirty-year-old David Baril was in critical but stable condition Wednesday after he was shot at least twice by an officer. Surveillance video shows Baril lunging at an officer, with a hammer striking her at least three times. She falls to the ground as her partner fires on Baril.

Manhattan Chief of Detectives Bill Aubry says Baril has a history of paranoia and schizophrenia and voluntarily left a mental institution in December.

Baril has no recent address.

Police Commissioner William Bratton commended the officers.

Baril is suspected of attacking four people with a hammer earlier in the week.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-05-14

[rijb]

'bullet time' beats 'hammer time' every time...

[PETERTHEEATER]

I said 'drop the hammer' (the one the perp is holding not the one on your pistol!)

[55Jay]

Really need some sort of hammer control legislation. Any whacko can get their hands on these things.

[cookee68]

I havn't heard of any riots, so he must have been a white guy, or a nobody man