The Region : Police Kill Armed Man, 85

A Montclair police officer shot and killed an 85-year-old man--who police said had indicated in the past that he wanted to commit suicide--when the man pointed a pistol at the officer and his partner, saying he “wanted to go to the cemetery.” The dead man was identified as Thurloe Straley. He called police to his home and told two officers he wanted to go to the cemetery, a police spokesman said. When asked by the officers what he meant, he repeated, “I want to go to the cemetery” and invited the officers inside his home, where he pointed a loaded .38-caliber revolver at them. One of the officers shot him in the head. Police said Straley “had a history of mental problems.”