Richmond home where a man reportedly tried to kill himself remains closed Friday and authorities have launched a wide scale investigation. Authorities say the man, who is a licensed chemist, tried to ingest potassium cyanide at his home on Richmond Ferry Court. Now a clean up crew must decontaminate the home. Thursday night's events left the man, his family and an area hospital wondering just how many peole were contaminated. KHOU-TV The home has been roped off.
A female family member saw it and knocked it out of his hands, spilling it everywhere. Now the man's stepdaughter says the man had not only tried to kill himself, but his family too. She said it happened after the man's wife confronted him and tried to leave. "We were all going to go. Leave so that we can all be in peace. Me, my grandmother and little brother were downstairs. I guess she went upstairs and told him we were going to go. All I hard was her screaming. No! No! stop. I just ran as fast as I could upstairs. Ran. Ran. I as like hurry. Hurry." Fort Bend County deputies and Pecan Grove ambulances responded, bringing him to Oak Bend Hospital at 1705 Jackson. Several people came into contact with the man before realizing it was cyanide, and part of the hospital's emergency room had to be shut down while it was decontaminated. The 40-year-old contaminated his wife, two children, an adult female relative and the family dog. In all, nearly 20 people were decontaminated including a Fort Bend deputy, several paramedics and fire personnel, five hospital employees and three other patients that were picked up by the same ambulance. KHOU - TV
"We were sitting out here in the waiting room, they came up and called her name, and we started out with them and they brought us outside and said we had been contaminated with cyanide," Betty McCallister said. "Well my aunt called me and said I needed to bring me and her up here and told me I needed to be showered," Tina Moore said. "She called me at home, and so we came up here." The man who tried to kill himself is under mental observation. Officials say he has a history of mental illness. The home is roped off so no one can enter until it's cleaned up, but no one has suffered any side effects at this time. Potassium cyanide is a colorless compound that is highly toxic. It's used in insecticides and photogrphy. Investigators are trying to determine how the man got the chemical
Posted by: crimsonwings
oh my god. A chemist, so he is not lacking in intellegence. It is amazing what emotions can make someone do. It is one thing to hurt yourself, but to hurt you family that is just sick
Posted by: JoninNH
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Investigators are trying to determine how the man got the chemical
Perhaps because he was a licensed chemist?
Posted by: justanotherparatrooper
was thinkin the same thing Jon
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