Matthew Epperson discusses the devastating results of police acting as the primary responders to mental health crises.
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North Carolina cop who shot dead man, 18, with schizophrenia during mental health call said: I don t have time for this s t before he opened fire, victim s mother claims
Keith Vidal, 18, was shot and killed at his home in Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina, by Detective Bryon Vassey in January 5, 2014
Vidal s mom, Mary Wilsey, had called 911 for help getting her paranoid schizophrenic son hospitalized as he experienced a mental health crisis
She recounted the nightmare seven years later in an Insider interview this week
Wilsey said two officers tried to calm Vidal down before Vassey arrived and said: I don t have time for this s t
a police union is backing a north carolina officer under fire for shooting and killing an 18-year-old meantally ill man. his family says the man, who weigh eed all of 100 pounds, wa not a threat to officers. reporter: shortly after he shot and killed 18-year-old keith, we could hear south port police detective on the radio saying he was defending himself. i don t know if you ve been advised or not but shots fired. i ve had to defend myself against the subject. reporter: apparently suffering through a schizophrenic episode and holding only a screwdriver, keith vidal had been hit with stun guns and was on the floor of his home restrained by two officers when detective vasi