A Central Texas man who pulled a handgun from his waistband while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car talked about suicide before fatally shooting himself, authorities said Tuesday. “Officer Wall again let him know there would be services and counselors available to him at the jail. Wall stopped the car and after a brief standoff in which the officer ordered Anam to drop the weapon, he shot himself. The police department has very strict policies that require officers to search individuals taken into custody even if they have been searched and handcuffed by private security officers, Manley said. The gun that Anam shot himself with was a Glock .380 semi-automatic pistol that had been reported stolen in a burglary of a vehicle that occurred in Austin in 2016, he said.

Source: Indian Express January 11, 2017 03:10 UTC