Anchorage man’s family says series of failures followed his assault outside downtown bar, leading up to his death days later.
Several things went wrong for Carl McGeary on a cold, early morning outside the Gaslight Lounge in January.
Why did no one call 911 after he was punched? Why didn’t Anchorage Safety Patrol officers immediately take him to the hospital? And why did it take days before police launched an investigation? “He was a very dedicated father,” John McGeary said. “He was a single father — he’s a mother and a father, he had to maintain that balance of love and discipline.”
He’d recently gone through a break-up, and John McGeary said he believes his brother had gone to the bar that night hoping to meet a woman.Carl McGeary walked out of the bar minutes before 3 a.m. and was standing near another man laughing, according tosigned by Assistant District Attorney Daniel Shorey. In video footage, McGeary and the man appeared to start arguing, Shorey wrote.
From the video, Pattee said there were not any visible signs of a large loss of blood. McGeary was talking but could not walk, Pattee said. Safety patrol brought McGeary to the Anchorage Safety Center, a municipal-owned facility that provides a monitored space for sobering. The center is located next to the Anchorage Correctional Complex.. It’s not clear how long he was in the safety patrol van or how much of that time he spent unresponsive.