Indian Man With Bipolar Disorder Shot Dead by Police After He Struck a Woman

HI INDIA NEWS DESK
SAN ANTONIO, TX- In a whirlwind of a case, a 42-year-old Indian-origin man was shot dead by the police as they chased him in connection to an assault the man had committed. The incident happened in San Antonio on April 21, when Sachin Sahoo also hit two police officers attempting to arrest him.

The whole drama unfolded on the evening of April 21, when at about 6:30 pm the police got a call from a home in Cheviot Heights, San Antonio about a report involving aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Once the officers responded at the spot they found a woman deliberately hit by a vehicle that Sahoo drove. The woman was 51-year-old roommate of Sahoo and was transferred to the hospital in a critical condition. Meanwhile the police arrived with an arrest warrant for felony against Sahoo.

While Sahoo initially managed to flee the scene, the neighbors informed the police of his return to the crime scene in the evening. When the officers arrived to arrest him, Sahoo went ahead and struck the two police officers worth his vehicle. Soon after this commotion one of the officers discharged his weapon and Sahoo was pronounced dead on the scene. Of the two officers Sahoo struck with his vehicle one had to be taken to the hospital and the other was offered treatment on the site.

On why Sahoo may have been behaving in this inexplicable way, his ex-wife Leah Goldstein informed the police that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had also shown signs of schizophrenia. She said that he had been suffering for ten years and experienced hallucinations.

Sahoo who belongs to Uttar Pradesh in India may have been a naturalized US citizen.

The case is under investigation.