Houston, Texas Police officer Shoots and Kills a Mentally-ill, Wheelchair bound, One-Arm, One-Legged Man

By Davy V.

A mentally-ill, wheelchair bound, one-armed, one-legged man was shot to death by a Houston, Texas police officer, Saturday night.

Houson, Texas police officer Matthew Jacob Marin responded to a call for a man in a wheelchair causing a disturbance at a group home.

Houston, Texas police department spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was threatening the officer while waving a metal object.

That object turned out to be a pen.

Silva said at the time, officer Marin did not know what the object was that the man was waving.

She told the Associated Press, “Fearing for his partner’s safety and his own safety, he discharged his weapon.”

Silva said the man came “within inches to a foot” of the officer and did not follow instructions to clam down amd remain still.

John Garcia, the group home’s owner said the man, whose name has not been released, had a history of mental illness and that he had been living at the house for about 18 months.

According to Garcia, the man had told him that he had lost a leg above the knee and all of one arm when he was hit by a train.

“He sometimes would go off a bit, but you just ignore it,” Garcia said.

According to Silva, Marin is a five year veteran of the department.

This is not the first time in Marin’s career as a Houston police officer that he has fatally shot someone.

In 2009, Houston police investigators said Marin shot a man who had stabbed his neighbor to death.

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