July 4, 2009
Location: Ventura County Medical Center Emergency Room, 3291 Loma Vista Rd, Ventura
Date/Time Occurred: 7/4/09 0145
Officer(s) Involved: Cpl. Mike Anselmo and Officer Karl Reyes
Victim(s): VCMC Nurse and Staff
Suspect(s): Daniel Gilberg, 42 year old Lancaster resident.
Narrative:
Gilberg was a patient at VCMC emergency room where he was receiving treatment for a head injury he sustained when he fell. He was intoxicated and belligerent. Gilberg grew impatient with his treatment and pulled out intravenous lines and a catheter. He demanded that he be released from the emergency room.
He got out of the hospital bed and armed himself with a pair of scissors he obtained from his hospital room. Gilberg was bleeding profusely because he removed the IV lines and he confronted two nurses in the hall near his emergency room bed.
Gilberg held the scissors over his head and threatened the nurses with his demands to be released. The nurses retreated from the room and yelled for help.
Cpl. Mike Anselmo and Officer Karl Reyes were in the emergency room conducting a separate investigation when they heard the nurses yelling for help. Officers saw Gilberg advancing on the nurses and waving the scissors.
Cpl. Mike Anselmo and Officer Karl Reyes were in the emergency room conducting a separate investigation when they heard the nurses yelling for help. Officers saw Gilberg advancing on the nurses and waving the scissors.
Officers said Gilberg got within 10 feet of the nurses. The officers saw Gilberg hold the scissors above his head while he shouted at the nurses. The officers described that Gilberg was nude and covered in his own blood. Gilberg refused to stop when ordered to do so by the officers. Gilberg turned and started walking towards the exit of the emergency room and refused to stop or disarm himself of the scissors.
Gilberg was shot with a Tasar as he tried to open one of the exit doors to the emergency room. The Taser stopped Gilberg’s behavior. Gilberg was arrested and booked at the Ventura County Jail for assault with a deadly weapon after he was treated at the Ventura County Medical Center.
No one was injured as a result of the incident.
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