How Did a Diabetic Man With a Hypoglycemic Episode End Police Officer’s Life?
Filed under: Health — @ October 3, 2006 Police are still baffling over what happened Sept. 12 when a police officer who was coming to the aid of a man with diabetes ended up being killed by the man, who was known for violent behavior when his blood sugar fell dangerously low. Brier, Washington (state) police officer Eddie Thomas died on Sept. 12 after a skirmish with Gary Starks, a gun-owning man with diabetes, The Herald reported yesterday. In fact, three years ago, Starks, the man with diabetes, had “fought with medical personnel trying to give him an insulin shot and a police officer had to restrain him,” according to police reports obtained by Herald reporters Diana Hefley and Jackson Holtz. Evidently, Starks’ wife had made the exact same type of call “a number of times previously,” according to The Herald. And on Sept. 12, she again called 911 to report that her husband, a diabetic, needed medical treatment. Now police are trying to figure out what happened. The Herald says simply
