Quote Originally Posted by GilpinGuy View Post
Like I wrote, the crazy man instigated the ordeal and the guy I know really had no choice but to inject himself or others (kids, female) might have been harmed. Enough said there.

I did think it was interesting that the police knew the crazy man was, well, crazy. Does someone on SSD for mental problems get put on a list or something? Maybe I'm naive here, but shouldn't that be kinda confidential info?
If the "crazy" man was in an area he normally frequents, then the police would have had contact with him in the past. No one who does the job would be doing it long without paying attention to the surroundings and those who inhabit those surroundings.

Police in any jurisdiction will know the houses they visit most and the names of the people they deal with on a regular basis. Determining what the issues are that drive people to their circumstances is actually not that difficult.