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After trauma of mass shooting, sheriff prioritizes officers’ mental health
Steve Marcus Sheriff Kevin McMahill responds to a question about the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting during an interview at Metro Police Headquarters Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. By Casey Harrison (contact)…
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Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal
Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members there on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Seeing his peers…
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‘He was on the way up’: mother of NSW police shooting victim demands mental health reform | New South Wales
Judy Deacon didn’t shut herself away after her son, Jesse, was shot and killed by New South Wales police two months ago. Instead, the 79-year-old harnessed her anger. She started…
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2 Olathe officers will not be charged in shooting that killed man in mental health crisis
Prosecutors will not charge two Olathe police officers who shot and killed a 58-year-old man in June while he was experiencing a mental health crisis, Johnson County District Attorney Steve…
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Two sides focused on central issue of gunman’s mental health in Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting trial
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman is coming to a close, and in its final hours the two sides are focused on the central issue of…
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Michigan mother of child in mental health crisis fears school shooting could happen again
(CBS DETROIT) – As much of the state listens in about the psyche of the Oxford High School shooter, for Cam Romanelli, the descriptions are all too familiar, explained here…
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Georgia shooting suspect had mental health history, refused treatment before deadly rampage
Published July 17, 2023 A 40-year-old man who carried out a shooting in Hampton, Georgia, resulting in the deaths of four people, had a history of mental health issues and…
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‘No one really got to say goodbye:’ A grieving Summit County faces mental health fallout of 18-year-old’s shooting
Two friends of recent Summit High School graduate Charlie Foster, who was shot and killed by police, crouch at his memorial in Summit Cove on Wednesday, July 12.Robert Tann/Summit Daily…
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The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial and Mental Illness: Take 1
PSYCHIATRIC VIEWS ON THE DAILY NEWS As the record number of mass shootings grows, the Pittsburgh Synagogue mass shooting trial is unfolding. Now almost 5 years since the tragedy when…