bakersfield police shoot unarmed 73-year-old man who suffered from dementia

A 73-year-old man who, according to his family, was suffering from the initial stages of dementia was fatally shot early Monday by a police officer in Bakersfield, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the report, officers responded around 12:30 a.m. to a call about a man brandishing a handgun in a neighborhood in…