DA: No charges for Massachusetts off-duty security guard who fatally shot man stabbing doctor
By APWednesday, March 31, 2010
DA: No charges for guard in Mass. medical shooting
BOSTON — An off-duty security guard who fatally shot a psychiatric patient as the patient stabbed a doctor will not face criminal charges.
Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley said Wednesday that Paul Langone (lan-GOHN’) acted in self-defense and the defense of Dr. Astrid Desrosiers (deh-ROH’-zhurs) when he fired at 37-year-old Jay Carciero (car-see-EH’-roh).
Conley made his decision after a five-month probe.
Authorities said Carciero stabbed Desrosiers numerous times in October 2009 before being shot by Langone in an office leased by Massachusetts General Hospital.
Police said Langone shot at Carciero with his personal firearm, hitting him twice, after Carciero ignored the officer’s order to drop his weapon
Desrosiers was released from the hospital the following month.
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