Dr. Fred Shane, a local forensic psychiatrist, said at first blush and without knowing more about the incident than what the media has reported, that he suspects the suspect has "a pathological background and a psychiatric history.
"This appears to be a psychotic episode... it's probably a chronically ill person. Most likely a paranoid schizophrenic.
"Chances are that when he gets to court he'll be found not criminally responsible because of his mental illness and he'll end up in a psychiatric facility to be treated.
"It was probably an escalating delusional episode where something must have touched him about this guy. Something spooked him or precipitated it."
Shane said the suspect probably heard powerful voices which urged him to "do it, do it.
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