Family members are questioning the
death of a 95-year-old WWII U.S. Air Corps sergeant who killed by cops
at an assisted living center last month after resisting medical
treatment.
John Wrana died from injuries sustained
in an incident, which was later ruled as a homicide by the medical
examiner, by Park Forest police on July 27. Police were called to Victory Centre, according to the Chicago Tribune,
when it was reported by faculty that he was being
“combative,” resisting medical treatment to which he was being
“involuntarily” committed to.
A press release from the police
department emailed to the Chicago Tribune stated that Wrana was
threatening staff and paramedics with his metal cane and a 2-foot
shoehorn. The report states he later picked up a 12-inch knife.
The Tribune reported that police
ordered the man to surrender, but his failure to do so and continued
threats resulted in them using a Taser on him and then shooting him with
small bean bags. Wrana dropped the knife and was taken to the hospital
at this point.
Wrana was conscious when he arrived at a local hospital but died in the early morning hours. The Southtown Star reported the Cook County medical examiner’s office conducting an autopsy that found Wrana died from being shot in the stomach with the 12-gauge shotgun with bean-bag ammo.
The family now has an attorney looking into the case.
“This was a literal war hero,”
attorney Nicholas Grapsas told the Southtown Star, noting that the
family has not yet decided if it will file a lawsuit. “It’s outright
insulting when you have such lack of respect for someone who served our
country to the extent he did.”
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