An attorney for the man gunned down by an off-duty private security officer at a Boston psychiatric clinic Tuesday said today he has “serious reservations” about any claims the killing was heroic.
“I have my own serious reservations about him being hailed as hero,” said E. James Perullo, who was representing Jay Carciero, 37, in a civil matter at the time of his death. “I think his actions were, to be polite, a little too rash, but that’s my opinion, but not the opinion of the family.”
Perullo said Carciero’s survivors have no comment about the death or the officer, Paul M. Langone, 33, of Reading, who fired the fatal shots. He added the slain man’s brother, John, is considering hiring his own lawyer. Carciero leaves a wife and four children, ages 3 to 12.
Carciero, of Reading, was shot three times by Langone, who came upon him repeatedly stabbing Dr. Astrid Desrosiers at the Massachusetts General Hospital Bipolar Clinical and Research Program on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Officials have so far indicated Langone, an academy-trained special officer who is on the list to be considered as a Boston cop, acted appropriately.
As for the possibility of legal action, Perullo said: “Those issues are being debated. There is no specific indication that they will or will not.”...