LUNATIC SHOT BY CONSTABLE
OUTCOME OF THREAT PATIENT OF ASYLUM NEAR MELBOURNE (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received June 7, 10.40 p.m.) MELBOURNE, June 7. A lunatic was shot dead by a constable at Whittlesea, 40 miles from Melbourne, after he had knocked the constable down and threatened to shoot him. The constable was called by a store keeper who thought the man ’was about to break in. When the constable accosted him the man said: “Stand back, or I’ll shoot!”. The constable fired two shots into the ground as a warning. The man then rushed the constable, knocking him 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 relations yesterday. He escaped from his relations and apparently wandered about all night.
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Southland Times, Issue 23838, 8 June 1939, Page 5
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