{"id":296532,"date":"2025-11-20T07:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296532\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:09:09","slug":"nsw-police-use-capsicum-spray-to-subdue-87-year-old-man-in-sydney-nursing-home-new-south-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296532\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW police use capsicum spray to subdue 87-year-old man in Sydney nursing home | New South Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

New South Wales police have used capsicum spray to subdue an 87-year-old man in a Sydney nursing home.<\/p>\n

Police said the incident occurred at an aged care home in south-western Sydney on Wednesday at about 8pm.<\/p>\n

Officers attended the facility \u201cin response to the concern for welfare of a resident\u201d, a police spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe man had reportedly threatened to harm other residents and himself, while armed with a metal object, swinging it at staff who locked themselves in a room,\u201d police alleged.<\/p>\n

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The spokesperson alleged that when officers located the 87-year-old man in the foyer, he was \u201cstill armed with the metal ornament\u201d and he \u201crefused police direction to put it down and OC spray was deployed\u201d.<\/p>\n

The elderly man was restrained and assessed by paramedics before being taken to Campbelltown hospital. No physical injuries were reported during the incident, NSW police said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Camden police area command was reviewing the incident.<\/p>\n

A NSW police officer fatally shot a 95-year-old great-grandmother with a Taser in a Cooma nursing home in May 2023.<\/p>\n

Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White was subsequently found guilty of manslaughter<\/a> in the NSW supreme court in November 2024.<\/p>\n

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