DAYTON — The Dayton police officer who shot a Toledo-area man at the Samaritan Behavioral Health CrisisCare in September was not indicted today on any criminal charges after the case was presented to a grand jury, court records show.
Officer Timothy Liddy shot Cory Fraley at the facility on Edwin C. Moses Boulevard Sept. 3 after Fraley nearly got a weapon after Tasers were used on him by Liddy and Officer David J. Blackburn.
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Fraley had told an RTA employee "I'm ready to die" before he later lunged at an officer's weapon, police said.
Employees at CrisisCare had called dispatchers to report a mental health situation and said Fraley may be coming down from a methamphetamine high.
"Some of those comments made in multiple settings … seems indicative of someone who has intent to do themselves harm and in the process of doing so, perhaps do other people harm," Biehl said, later adding: "The most difficult part of this dealing with mental health populations is when the person has already become violent or injured someone or taken a violent act against someone, those become very difficult to resolve without some force response."
Video showed Fraley interacting with workers, but Biehl didn't know what was said before a 911 call was placed.
"We can't even interview him," a CrisisCare employee told a dispatcher. "He's so agitated so we need the police to come and possibly take him to Grandview Hospital."
A couple minutes after police arrived, Liddy and Blackburn deployed their Tasers after Fraley lunged a first time. When Fraley nearly got one weapon on another effort, Liddy discharged his weapon.
Fraley has since been indicted on an aggravated robbery charge.