According to sources Vanessa Marquez, an actress who had a recurring role in the hit TV series "ER," was fatally shot by police as she waved what turned out to be a BB gun. Sergeant Joe Mendoza, of the LA Sheriff's Department said “Officers had gone to her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena on Thursday to conduct a welfare check when the 49 year old Vanessa Marquez grabbed what looked like a handgun and pointed it at officers”.
Meanwhile he said after the incident "officers checked the weapon and they discovered it was a BB type gun that resembled a semi-automatic handgun." Furthermore Mendoza said Vanessa Marquez's landlord had called police to check on her and when officers arrived she appeared to be having a seizure. Reports added the officers and a mental health clinician spoke with Vanessa Marquez "for over an hour and a half in an attempt to offer her medical care."
He said "She then armed herself with a handgun and pointed it at the officers;
at which time an officer involved shooting occurred”. Further Vanessa Marquez
played Nurse Wendy Goldman on "ER" from 1994 to 1997 and also
appeared on several other shows including "Seinfeld" and Melrose
Place." Previously she made headlines after accusing "ER"
co-star George Clooney of blacklisting her from the hit show for speaking out
about sexual harassment and racial discrimination.
