Don't mix meds

[Homicidalheathen]

Strange crime spree ends in suicide

Alcohol, anti-depressants blamed in Sunday’s string of events

By Jeff O’Brien

Published Tue, Nov 18, 2008 (2:01 p.m.)

Updated Tue, Nov 18, 2008 (4:59 p.m.)

When Marcos Ornelas was walking to work Sunday, the waiter at Joe's Crab Shack thought it was going to be another normal afternoon.

But as he got closer to the restaurant near the intersection of Flamingo Road and the 215 Beltway, he was greeted by dozens of police cars and a helicopter circling overhead.

It was about 4:30 p.m., when many residents were out doing their Sunday shopping.

"Everyone was scared to get out of their cars," Ornelas said. "I thought it might have been a terrorist attack or something."

Ornelas arrived just after the conclusion of a bizarre crime spree that began nearly two hours earlier — spanning almost 20 miles, involving 13 separate criminal acts and ending in the suspect's suicide. The man was identified Tuesday afternoon as Jeffrey J. Hull, 42, of Las Vegas.

One set of crimes generally occurred in the Northwest Las Vegas Valley from about Cheyenne Avenue north to Alexander Road, between Buffalo Drive and Hualapai Way. Another group of incidents happened in the Southwest Valley near where the man died near the Beltway.

According to Metro Police, the acts committed by Hull, who drove a black Volkswagen Beetle, included attempted kidnapping, attempted robbery and discharging a firearm in public.

What began on Applecrest Street near Jones Boulevard and Rancho Drive — where the man is suspected of groping a woman — ended 17 miles south on Grand Canyon Avenue, where he crashed his car and shot himself as police approached the vehicle.

In between, police say the man tried to kidnap a 3-year-old girl — firing shots at her as she escaped with her mother — and also fired shots at a boy on a bicycle.

Other than the death of the suspect, no one else was injured in the spree, said officer Jay Rivera of Metro Police. No motive has been established, although investigators say alcohol and anti-depressants were involved.

Metro said Hull was carrying two guns in his vehicle — one handgun and one rifle.

Shortly before his death, he was spotted across the street from Joe's Crab Shack in the parking lot of the Roadrunner Saloon.

After trying to grope a woman outside the restaurant, the man tried to run over two men in his car, said Shawn Olson, general manager of the Roadrunner Saloon.

"From what I understand, it was a pretty rare occurrence and a bizarre incident," Olson said. "Maybe because of the holidays coming up people get more stressed or go mental."

The commercial district in the vicinity of the Beltway and Flamingo, Olson said, is typically safe with few incidents of crime.

Rivera said he was amazed that more people weren't hurt during the entire spree.

"Luckily for us, incidents such as this don't occur very often," he said. "This was a terrible case, but it really had the potential to be much more devastating."

[Rev.Reverence]

...fuckin' wacked!

[TheGimp]

dudes fuckin looney tunes

[jynxxxedangel]

I think he got the mixture wrong..

[taysteewonderbunny]

From what I understand, because SSRI's, when started, can initially intensify impulsive and depressive behavior, alcohol is to be avoided entirely for the first few weeks of treatment. Afterward, once a person is able to gauge how the drug will affect him or her, only mild alcohol use is generally tolerated (no more than two drinks per day). This is because SSRI's can cause drowsiness and impaired motor function and alcohol, GUESS WHAT?, also causes drowsiness and impaired motor function. I looked it up after someone kindly pointed out that taking my fluoxetine with a glass of wine was prolly not a good idea. Also important to note--in general, persons diagnosed with depression are advised to avoid alcohol as it is also depressive. That said, I have one or two drinks one or two nights per week and have not noticed any severe effects. CAVEAT: just because one person can tolerate something, don't assume you can too; exercise caution--check in with yourself often. If you're on meds, you don't want to do anything counter-productive, do you? That shit's expensive.

That said, I doubt this guy was a highly-functioning non-violent person before all this went down, contributing drug factors notwithstanding.

[TitsMcGee]

I've never had a problem with mixing my meds with booze. Although, when I plan on drinking a lot I don't take my meds that day. Seems this person was a little more fucked up than the rest of us wackos.

[Oh_My_Goth]

Meds + alcohol = angry liver