Fairfax County Deputy Who Shot
Hospital Patient Also Linked to 2015 Death
A Virginia deputy who fatally
shot a hospital patient wielding a metal sign post was also involved in the
death of an inmate last year shot multiple times with a stun gun.
Police on Thursday identified
Patrick McPartlin, an 18-year veteran of the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office,
as the deputy who shot and killed Jovany Martinez outside Inova Fairfax
Hospital last month.
McPartlin is on administrative
leave while the shooting is investigated. Police say Martinez was having a
mental episode and had already injured one person when he charged McPartlin
with the post.
McPartlin was also part of a team
that restrained Natasha McKenna last year as she was removed from a jail cell.
McKenna, who also suffered from mental illness, died after receiving four Taser
shots during a 15-miunte struggle.
"Deputy McPartlin pulled her
legs out from under her and took her to the ground," according to a report
released by the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney after McKenna's death.
McPartlin is mentioned a total of
nine times in the report.
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