POUGHKEEPSIE – A mental health crisis team worker was attacked by the person she was responding to help on Thursday afternoon in the Town of Poughkeepsie. The attacker’s father also sustained serious injuries and the armed assailant was shot and killed by a Town of Poughkeepsie police officer. The tragic incident occurred around 2:15 p.m. on Fair Oaks Road in the town.

The emotionally-disturbed adult male was armed with a sword when the crisis workers responded following a plea for help from the suspect’s father.

The full Mid-Hudson News account, from the scene of the Fair Oaks Drive incident can be found here .

When the MHA Dutchess (Mental Health America) Mobile Crisis Response Team arrived at the home, one of the workers was met by the emotionally-disturbed man who was armed wit

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