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I thought this mercy killing had been posted but have not found it in several searches...if it is around here, please merge this post...just thought this doctor's bravery should be noted!
http://www.centurylink.net/news/rea...ass&action=4&lang=en&_LT=UNLC_NKNWU00L4_UNEWS
AKRON, Ohio (AP) The man charged in the suspected mercy killing of his wife at a hospital intensive care unit asked the doctor who confronted him, "Please tell me she's dead," the doctor said Monday.
In his first interview about the shooting at Akron General Medical Center, Dr. Michael A. Passero Jr. said he repeatedly asked John Wise, 66, to give up his weapon after the shooting.
"He said to me, `Please tell me she's dead,'" Passero said. After checking the monitors, Passero said, "I said quietly, `she's not dead.'"
The discussion over giving up the weapon was interrupted when the victim, 65-year-old Barbara Wise, gasped for air. According to Passero, John Wise then said: "Oh, God, she's still alive. How can she still be alive?"
According to Passero, Wise sat in a chair next to his wife, with the doctor on the other side asking for the weapon. "He had the gun in his hand but he wasn't threatening anyone," Passero said.
Wise was charged with aggravated murder in the Aug. 4 shooting. His wife died one day later.
More at link....
http://www.centurylink.net/news/rea...ass&action=4&lang=en&_LT=UNLC_NKNWU00L4_UNEWS
AKRON, Ohio (AP) The man charged in the suspected mercy killing of his wife at a hospital intensive care unit asked the doctor who confronted him, "Please tell me she's dead," the doctor said Monday.
In his first interview about the shooting at Akron General Medical Center, Dr. Michael A. Passero Jr. said he repeatedly asked John Wise, 66, to give up his weapon after the shooting.
"He said to me, `Please tell me she's dead,'" Passero said. After checking the monitors, Passero said, "I said quietly, `she's not dead.'"
The discussion over giving up the weapon was interrupted when the victim, 65-year-old Barbara Wise, gasped for air. According to Passero, John Wise then said: "Oh, God, she's still alive. How can she still be alive?"
According to Passero, Wise sat in a chair next to his wife, with the doctor on the other side asking for the weapon. "He had the gun in his hand but he wasn't threatening anyone," Passero said.
Wise was charged with aggravated murder in the Aug. 4 shooting. His wife died one day later.
More at link....
