California deputy shot in the head during ‘ambush’ at police station

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A gunman shot a California sheriff’s deputy in the head during an ambush at a San Luis Obispo County police station — then fled and allegedly killed a homeless man.

The gunman, identified as Mason James Lira, started his rampage when he opened fire on the Paso Robles Police Department at about 3:45 a.m. and shot one responding police officer in the face, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office.

Police later found a homeless man shot to death at the Paso Robles train station. The 58-year-old, unidentified transient was shot once at close range in the back of the head, police said.

Cops were on the lookout for Lira last night as they released pictures of the suspect and warned that he may be armed.

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[Della]

He's deceased.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/su ... s-n1230311

[jessilin0113]

Yikes. Glad to hear the cop will recover.

[agander2017]

How sad. People are going insane.

[moviestar]

Lira's father, Jose Lira, told the Associated Press that his son was mentally ill and didn't take his medication.

“He lives in a fantasy world,” Jose Lira told the AP. “He doesn’t have a beef with the police.”

[jessilin0113]

Defund the police. Fund mental health.

[wildflowers25]

Defund the police. Fund mental health.

Which only works if the mentally ill person agrees to treatment and medication if prescribed. Many won't do that now and I doubt legislation will pass that forces them into treatment.

[moviestar]

There is tons of evidence that having regular check ins with a qualified medical or social worker helps keep people med compliant, but many places don’t have the infrastructure to offer it and it’s expensive to maintain privately. Increased funding would make a huge difference. You don’t have to force people into i
treatment, it’s also proven that having care more available increases the likelihood that those in need will use it. That doesn’t mean every single mentally ill person will seek treatment and stay med compliant, but definitely more of them, and isn’t more better than less? Even if we can’t guarantee that nobody will ever have a violent outburst and nobody will ever be shot, isn’t it better to reduce those chances where we can? We literally know how to, and it results in a better outcome for every hypothetical person involved a statistically significant percent of the time. so like... why not try it?

Defund the police. Fund mental health.

Which only works if the mentally ill person agrees to treatment and medication if prescribed. Many won't do that now and I doubt legislation will pass that forces them into treatment.

[wildflowers25]

There is tons of evidence that having regular check ins with a qualified medical or social worker helps keep people med compliant, but many places don’t have the infrastructure to offer it and it’s expensive to maintain privately. Increased funding would make a huge difference. You don’t have to force people into i
treatment, it’s also proven that having care more available increases the likelihood that those in need will use it. That doesn’t mean every single mentally ill person will seek treatment and stay med compliant, but definitely more of them, and isn’t more better than less? Even if we can’t guarantee that nobody will ever have a violent outburst and nobody will ever be shot, isn’t it better to reduce those chances where we can? We literally know how to, and it results in a better outcome for every hypothetical person involved a statistically significant percent of the time. so like... why not try it?

Defund the police. Fund mental health.

Which only works if the mentally ill person agrees to treatment and medication if prescribed. Many won't do that now and I doubt legislation will pass that forces them into treatment.

It's also proven that quite a few mentally ill people start feeling better and stop their meds and the cycle repeats all over again. I'd love to say throwing money at the problem will make it better but historically that has not worked well on everything from using lottery money to fund schools to legalizing weed at the state level to help with money shortages. Siphoning money from the department that helps keep law and order on people maybe using mental health services is not something to gamble on. We absolutely need better mental health care in this country, this is just a bad way to go about it.