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School, law enforcement officials wanted Parkland shooter committed to psych hospital

Shocking new details about the gunman who shot up Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were released on Sunday, and it was revealed that officials from the school and a sheriff's deputy recommended that he be forcibly committed to a psychiatric facility just months before his rampage.

Despite clear warning signs and a recommendation for involuntary commitment, nothing was ever done.

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School resource officer Scot Peterson and other school officials recommended in September 2016 that the gunman be committed for mental evaluation under Florida's Baker Act. The Associated Press reports:

The documents, which are part of [the gunman]'s criminal case in the shooting, show that he had written the word "kill" in a notebook, told a classmate that he wanted to buy a gun and use it, and had cut his arm supposedly in anger because he had broken up with a girlfriend. He also told another student he had drunk gasoline and was throwing up. Calls had even been made to the FBI about the possibility of [the gunman] using a gun at school...

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...[the gunman]'s mother Lynda is quoted as saying she had fresh concerns about her son's mental state after he punched holes in a wall at their home in Parkland. The clinicians at Henderson came to the home for interviews and said [the gunman] admitted punching the wall but said he did so because he was upset at a breakup with his girlfriend...

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By |2018-03-18T19:23:32-04:00March 18th, 2018|News|Comments Off on School, law enforcement officials wanted Parkland shooter committed to psych hospital

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