"Vanessa Marquez, an actress best known for her role as a nurse on ER, was shot and killed by South Pasadena police in California on Thursday, authorities confirmed on Friday.
Officers were called to Marquez's home in the 1100 block of Fremont Avenue by a landlord to check on her welfare.
When the officers arrived around 12 pm local time, she was suffering from seizures and appeared unable to take care of herself.
Officers called out paramedics and a mental health clinician, and continued to talk with her.
After about 90 minutes, Marquez, 49, armed herself with a BB gun and pointed it at the officers, causing them to open fire, said Sheriff's Lt. Joe Mendoza.
Mendoza told reporters that Marquez appeared to be going through "mental problems" and seemed to be "gravely disabled."
She appeared as Ana Delgado in the Edward James Olmos-starring film Stand and Deliver in 1998, and in 27 episodes of ER as nurse Wendy Goldman.
Her other credits include the series Malcom & Eddie and Wiseguy."
Officers were called to Marquez's home in the 1100 block of Fremont Avenue by a landlord to check on her welfare.
When the officers arrived around 12 pm local time, she was suffering from seizures and appeared unable to take care of herself.
Officers called out paramedics and a mental health clinician, and continued to talk with her.
After about 90 minutes, Marquez, 49, armed herself with a BB gun and pointed it at the officers, causing them to open fire, said Sheriff's Lt. Joe Mendoza.
Mendoza told reporters that Marquez appeared to be going through "mental problems" and seemed to be "gravely disabled."
She appeared as Ana Delgado in the Edward James Olmos-starring film Stand and Deliver in 1998, and in 27 episodes of ER as nurse Wendy Goldman.
Her other credits include the series Malcom & Eddie and Wiseguy."
Oh ... and 'Maniac Cop 3', too.
Hmm ... what's that saying about life and art again?
Vanessa Marquez: ER, Seinfeld actress shot dead by US police
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| Jackie Earle Haley and Vanessa Marquez in Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) |
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