A WakeMed police officer killed during a struggle with a patient reportedly experiencing a mental-health crisis last November was fatally shot with his own gun, according to records released to The News & Observer this week.
Roger Smith, 59, died Nov. 8 at the WakeMed Healthplex in Garner, The N&O previously reported. Benji Martin, 29, of Garner is charged with murder in Smith’s death.
Martin was taken to the emergency room by friends after allegedly taking THC gummies and experiencing a mental-health crisis, according to search warrants. When Martin began acting “erratically,” hospital staff called in Smith. Five months later, the details on what happened next remain murky, with publicly available documents only describing the encounter as a “struggle.”…