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Man dies in hospital after son beat him with gun, Sitka police say A man who was assaulted
by his son last week in the Sitka area died after he was flown to a Seattle hospital, according to the Sitka Police Department. Late on Feb. 14, police were called to a Kasiana Island home for a report of a shooting, according to a probable cause statement signed by Sgt. Gary Cranford. When officers arrived at the home, 28-year-old Patrick O’Brien told them he had shot his father in the head with a .357 revolver during an argument, the statement said. Cranford wrote that 63-year-old James O’Brien had severe injuries to his face and head. James O’Brien was having difficulty breathing because of the injuries, the statement said. He was flown to a hospital in Seattle, the police department wrote on Facebook.
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Retired judge outlines findings from Sitka Police Department investigation
Posted by Katherine Rose | Feb 10, 2021
Six months after former Sitka Police detective Mary Ferguson settled her half-million-dollar sexual harassment suit with the city, she’s delivered on her promise to conduct an outside investigation into the department. But even though the investigation was ordered in her settlement and was led by a retired judge, Ferguson is worried that it won’t bring about needed change in Sitka’s police culture.
The report was issued mid-January by Judge Eric Smith. Smith is a retired superior court judge from Palmer. After Mary Ferguson settled her harassment and discrimination suit with the Sitka Police Department last August, she hired Smith to conduct the investigation independently.