Richard D. Chabot

Deadly force

With readily apparent mental health issues, Chabot was prone to carrying around a battered medieval-looking sword with a bent hilt and duct tape wrapped around the handle. On a mid-morning mile-and-a-half walk to his brother's house, somebody called the police to say he was waving that sword around. This developed into a confrontation with multiple officers. Chabot tried to escape by driving away in one of the patrol cars, and he was shot to death.