A man who fatally shot himself Monday, Sept. 22, outside the Palo Alto courthouse has been identified as 31-year-old Joseph Scott, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office.
The Santa Clara resident died at about 9:45 a.m. on the 200 block of Grant Avenue, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, which responded to the incident.
The courthouse remained open throughout the incident because there was not a threat to public safety, but police closed off the 200 block of Grant Avenue between Park Boulevard and Birch Street during the police investigation, according to Lt. Zach Perron, Palo Alto police spokesman.
too bad about this. it is way too stressful in the bay area. enough said. how terribly sad
I wonder if the suicide outside the courthouse had anything to do with frustration, lack of justice or malfeasance of our legal system?? Personally, I had to hire a lawyer to communicate with opposing attorney while waiting over a year for a for a trial date, meanwhile the lawyers are clocking fees. Mine decided to drop representation when I didn’t agree with his strategy.
Hey, not all lawyers are bad. It, like, 98% of them are giving the other 2% a bad name.