HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 11-12 Man attacks nurses, dies in police custody in bizarre Maplewood case MAPLEWOOD REVIEW Man attacks nurses,
dies in police
custody in bizarre
Maplewood case
Holly Wenzel wood Police Chief Paul
p Review staff Schnell said. "Nothing
in Mr. Logan's past or
Police say they have more recent history
no clear answers to indicates a tendency
why a 68-year-old man toward violence."
bolted from his St. Logan, of St. Paul,
John's Hospital room had undergone some
Nov. 2, hit nursing kind of medical proce-
staff with a metal rod dure in the preceding
as he ran through the weeks, Schnell said,
building and refused and was at home,"but
to comply with law- family noted that he
enforcement officers was disoriented and
who apprehended him. confused."
There are some He was admitted to
hopes that an autopsy St.John's the Wednes-
being conducted at the day before the attack,
Ramsey County Medi- Oct.29.
cal Examiner's office Schnell said Maple-
will yield answers to wood police were
how Charles Logan called to St. John's
Sr. died;he reportedly the afternoon of Nov.
was being held prone 1 to address a heated
on the ground and argument involving
handcuffed when he Logan's family.
lost consciousness. "It appears police
Whether it will help were called to a dis-
determine a cause of pute where an attor-
Logan's behavior is ney had visited and
another question. wanted to talk to Mr.
Logan about whether
At St.John's for or not he wanted to
days remain in the hospital
One thing was clear
from the outset of see Bizarre Case
investigations, Maple- on page 8
Biwith Logan in the early and Ramsey County the probes failed to Bureau of Criminal heard screaming from
zarre hours Sunday, Nov. 2. sheriff's deputies attach to Logan, who Apprehension investi- his room and responded
CaseAt some time prior responded to a 911 call in the video was wear- gates the death in cus- to try to help the
••• to 1:56 a.m., Logan placed at 1:56 a.m. and ing a jacket over a hos- tody. nurses.
erupted from his room began trying to find pital gown and what Four nurses were Schnell predicts that
continued from page 1 on the third floor of Logan, who had left the appeared to be loose injured in the attacks: a full report from the
the hospital. He is seen hospital grounds. pajama pants. a 40-year-old woman medical examiner's
on security video run- One Maplewood offi- The deputies finally from Wyoming, a office may take weeks,
(and) continue treat nin into the third- cer and two deputies Logan 22-year-old Schnell said. g p rushed Lo an and 22 ear old from Brook- due to the time needed
"From what I under- floor nurses' station located Logan about pinned him to the lyn Park, a 32-year-old to process toxicology
stand, his wife, his kids swinging a 3-to-4-foot three blocks northwest ground as the Maple- from Lino Lakes and panels.
and everybody was on metal bar with both of St. John's, in the wood officer cuffed his a 30-year-old woman Log Logan' s family
board with a plan they hands over his head. He "Cottage" neighbor- hands behind his back. from Hudson, Wiscon- planned funeral ser-
agreed on, but there chases nurses and other hood of detached town- sin. According to Sch- vices for him at Mt.
were extended family staff out of the nurs- homes. While being held, he nell, one of them suf- Olivet Baptist Church
that disagreed." ing station and contin- Logan reportedly became unresponsive. fered a collapsed lung in St. Paul, and posted
ues swinging at them continued to swing The sheriff's deputies in the attack; others a brief obituary online
Sequence of events and hitting them as he the bar at them and and police paramedics have cuts and bruises. that describes Logan
According to police, leaves through a hall- was advancing on at the scene adminis- Schnell added that as a "beloved husband,
they became involved way. them. The deputies tered CPR, Schnell said, Logan's actions seemed father, grandfather,
in the fatal incident Maplewood police tried to Tase him, but and when Maplewood to focus on staff, not brother and uncle." He
Fire paramedics arrived other patients. "It will be interned at Fort
they transported Logan remains unclear what Snelling National Cem-
back to St.John's. prompted the attack on etery.
He was pronounced nursing staff," he said.
dead at the hospital. A patient, dressed in Holly Wenzel can be
street clothing, can be reached at review @lil-
Injuries, leaves seen running through lienews.com and at 651-
Per routine policy, the hospital on one of 748-7817.
the deputies and Maple- the videos at lillienews.
wood officer were com; he has told other 0 1 L 204
placed on leave as the publications that he