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Originally Posted by Spexxvet
Maybe someone did notice, but they were afraid that if they said anything, he'd shoot them.
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He was suspended from school by a task force of four policemen who told both him and his father that he required treatment. They did not phone. Four cops personally delivered the message.
As I understand it, schizophrenics typically are not threats. IOW I am answering my own question for lack of a better response, without sufficient facts, and to only prime the pump for hard facts. This would be the exception. Therefore no one had expectations of a threat.
I do believe this nation may eventually define mental illness with the seriousness that was applied to drunk driving and healthy eating. For example, four cops delivered the message. At what point should family take responsibility? A question that a public really should have answers for. Currently, most everyone cannot answer that question, in part, probably because we don't have answers even at the highest levels of government.