POUGHKEEPSIE – Thirty-seven-year-old Sebastian Niec, the emotionally-disturbed man who was shot by Town of Poughkeepsie police on Thursday after he had attacked family members and crisis workers with a sword, was considered a security threat by Dutchess County officials.

The Mid-Hudson News coverage of the tragic incident can be found here .

Niec, who lived with his parents, both of whom are in their 70s, had a history of mental health issues and, in a manifesto Niec presented to the Dutchess County Legislature last year, said he was unable to purchase a firearm. According to Niec, he was unable to legally purchase a gun “ because of psychiatric fraud where Mid Hudson Regional hospital placed a lie in an unchallengeable record to purposefully flag me as high risk of committing

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