Police: Mentally Ill Man Attacks Three Neighbors
POSTED: Tuesday, January 11, 2005
UPDATED: 1:41 pm EST January 11,
2005
OPA LOCKA, Fla. -- When a mentally ill man attacked three of his neighbors at an Opa Locka apartment building Monday, police said, the husband of one of the victims shot the man four times.
"It basically appears that we had a guy that just lost it today, and he went for the females first, which is interesting," said Cpl. Tony Lacks of the Opa Locka Police Department.
Watch The Video From This ReportPolice said they don't know why George Hernandez, 45, hit neighbor Consuelo Lopez, 84, broke a chair over next-door neighbor Luis Gonzalez, 79, and attacked Marta Castro, 66, who lived up stairs.Police said when Hernandez knocked on Castro's door, she and her husband let him in because they knew him. Once inside, he beat Marta until her husband ended the assault with four shots, police said.Hernandez appeared to have been hit in his torso, but he is expected to be OK.
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Watch The Video From This ReportPolice said they don't know why George Hernandez, 45, hit neighbor Consuelo Lopez, 84, broke a chair over next-door neighbor Luis Gonzalez, 79, and attacked Marta Castro, 66, who lived up stairs.Police said when Hernandez knocked on Castro's door, she and her husband let him in because they knew him. Once inside, he beat Marta until her husband ended the assault with four shots, police said.Hernandez appeared to have been hit in his torso, but he is expected to be OK. Copyright 2006 by Local10.com.
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