GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina lawyer died after sacrificing himself trying to disarm a client who pulled out a revolver in the middle of a mediation session and began firing wildly, before turning the gun on himself, according to someone within the firm with knowledge of what happened.
The victim, who police identified Tuesday as Riddle & Brantley attorney Patrick White, was representing Francisco Sanchez and his wife, who had hired the firm to help them recover damages from a car accident, said the person, who spoke anonymously to ABC News so as not to violate attorney-client privilege.
At one point, though, Sanchez stepped away with his wife, the person said. When he returned,"with no explanation whatsoever [he] pulled out a revolver and started firing at people," the person within the firm said. A clerk at the Pitt County Courthouse told ABC News that Sanchez had been represented until June by a law firm in Greenville.
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