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Originally Posted by Dion
A database of people suffering from mental illness would have simplified this process. It would eliminate the guess work of police wondering why this person is doing what they are doing. That and it might help police in determing another way of neutralizing that gun.
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No, it wouldn't.
First off, knowing the person has mental illness (which the mother should have mentioned, forget a database) doesn't change the situation, except to make the suspect even more unpredictable.
Second, I would have very little doubt that the police were looking for another way to neutralize the suspect. But, being told he has a gun, seeing him come at them and reach towards his coat? At that point, deadly force becomes the best, and safest, option.