Albuquerque Journal
By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer
PUBLISHED: Monday, July 6, 2015
Wood was shot nine times, in the chest, abdomen, penis, lower back, buttock and left arm.
The lack of mental health services and police trained to deal with mentally ill people is a focus of a new lawsuit filed against the city over a 2013 fatal police shooting of a Vietnam veteran who talked to himself and heard voices.
The lawsuit claims Albuquerque Police Department and the city failed to make reasonable accommodations to ensure safe treatment and transportation under the Americans with Disabilities Act in the July 5, 2013, shooting of Vietnam veteran Vincent Wood, 66, who had diagnoses of mental illnesses. It also alleges multiple civil rights violations.
Wood, who served in the Army during the Vietnam war, suffered from psychosis, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions stemming from his military service, the lawsuit says.
The complaint was filed in 2nd Judicial District Court by attorney Frances Carpenter on behalf of Wood’s sister, Hope Irvin, and moved last week to U.S. District Court by the City of Albuquerque, a named defendant along with Albuquerque Police Department officers Katherine Wright and Jeffrey Bludworth.
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