CONSTABLE ATTACKED.
LUNATIC SHOT DEAD. MELBOURNE, June 7. A lunatic was shot dead by a constable in DVliittlesea, 40 miles from Melbourne, after lie had knocked the constable down and threatened to shoot him. The constable was called by a storekeeper, who thought the man was about to break in. DYlien the constable accosted him, the man said “Stand hack or I’ll shoot.” The constable fired two shots into the ground as a warning, and the man then rushed the constable, knocking hint down. He was rushing him again when the constable fired two shots in the air. One of the bullets hit the man, who died shortly after.
it was not known till after his death that the man was a mental patient who had been given leave from an asylum for a motor outing with relatives yesterday. He escaped from his relatives and apparently wandered about all night.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 160, 8 June 1939, Page 9
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