Use of restraint on disabled man questioned

A Brooklyn Park mother wants answers after her mentally disabled son ended up in a coma.

Nancy Aleshire says her 27-year-old son, Tim Aleshire, lashed out at a co-worker at Metro Resources on Dec. 31. During the struggle to restrain him, he stopped breathing. She says he ended up on life support with irreversible brain damage.

Doctors don't know if the effort to restrain him caused him to stop breathing or if he had another medical problem.

Nancy Aleshire says she thinks the action was excessive. She says her son had Asperger syndrome and schizophrenia but was high functioning.

Metro Resources, run by the Department of Human Services, gives people with special needs an opportunity to work. Department spokeswoman Patrice Vick says the staff is devastated and cooperating with police.

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