By Paul Elias and Don Thompson Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Many police departments have specially trained officers and mental health professionals whose job is to help defuse the sometimes-volatile "5150" calls that involve people in the throes of mental illness. But those officers are in short supply, and often they are unavailable in a […]
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Video: Surveillance footage captures Minn. mall attack
By Amy Forliti Associated Press ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The man who stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota mall had become interested in Islam in the last several months, withdrew from his friends and encouraged female relatives to be more religious, the FBI said Thursday. "We were told (he) had not previously shown an interest […]
Police: Teen shot by Los Angeles officer was suicidal, left note
Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A 16-year-old boy shot dead last weekend as he pointed a fake gun at police wanted to kill himself, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday. Before an officer shot him Sunday, Daniel Enrique Perez used his cellphone to call 911 to report "a man with a gun matching his own […]