Aceves’ father was brought in for questioning and told investigators that Aceves had mental illness in the past and had been placed in a mental health facility twice at the age of 16. The father said that Aceves was prescribed medication but that he stopped taking it after a couple of years. Aceves’ father told police that his son had purchased an assault rifle and that family members are scared knowing he has a weapon based on his past behavior. [More]
So who declared him safe enough to let out and why wasn’t refusing his meds grounds to put him back in?
Aceves’ father sounds like a great example of responsibility.
If the father was really “scared,” there was an existing process he could have used.
I smell “promote our new proposed red flag law and we’ll throw your kid a bone.”