Dayton police officers responded shortly after 2:30 p.m. to a house in the 1500 block of Bancroft Avenue.
“A woman was having troubles with her adult son, reported him being delusional and there was some commotion heard on the 911 call,” Dayton police Maj. Jason Hall said during a Friday afternoon media briefing.
Officers George “Jeff” Kloos, Erick Hamby and Kloos’ trainee James West, a recent graduate of the Dayton Police Academy spoke with Patrick and decided to take him to a local hospital for a mental health evaluation, he said.
Kloos, attempted to walk Patrick out of the house, when “Patrick swung a concealed knife that was in his left hand at Kloos,” who was stabbed in the neck. Hamby and West then tackled Patrick onto a couch, when Patrick reportedly tried to stab them before they wrestled the knife out of his hand and took him into custody, an affidavit stated.
Hall said police dealt with Patrick before and that there were previous threats of violence.
“The officers were extremely patient with the individual, really used an abundance of de-escalation techniques, really adhered to the crises intervention training they had received from the Dayton Police Department. … Despite these best efforts during the interaction, the individual produced a pocket knife and stabbed one of our officers in the neck.”
Kloos, a 10-year veteran, was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was treated and released. Dayton police on Thursday night posted an update on social media that the knife missed any major arteries but that the wounded officer would be off while he recuperates.
“We’re going to give him as much time as he needs to recover from his injuries,” Hall said. “Also due to the critical or the stressful nature of the incident, we’ve placed the other officers off for three days.”
All three will receive department debriefing and counseling, if needed, he said.
Patrick, who also was taken to the hospital for minor injuries he suffered during his arrest, remains held in the Montgomery County Jail.
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