Patients may feel threatened from something as innocuous as a blue shirt and react erratically, though not typically violently, and need additional medical help. Medication can alleviate many of the symptoms if it is taken regularly but patients can regress within weeks if they stop, Siegel said.
Steven Siegel, professor and chair of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, said schizophrenia patients suffer from hallucinations, delusions and disorganized thought. “It was my understanding that it just kind of helped him stay calm and not have any problems,” said Galipo, adding French had no history of violence and that family members have described him as gentle and non-verbal.ĭr. Corona police have said French “attacked” the officer “without provocation” but Galipo said that overstated what French did. LOS ANGELES - A man fatally shot in a Southern California Costco store was mentally ill and off his medication when he pushed or slapped an off-duty police officer who opened fire and killed the man and critically wounded the man’s parents, the lawyer for the man’s family said Tuesday.Īttorney Dale Galipo said he didn’t know if there was any exchange between the officer and Kenneth French before the violence at the store in Corona, east of Los Angeles. (Will Lester/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG via AP) Will Lester / Associated Press The man involved in the argument was killed and two other people were wounded, Corona police Lt. A gunman opened fire inside the store during an argument, killing a man, wounding two other people and sparking a stampede of terrified shoppers before he was taken into custody, police said.
Facebook Twitter Email A Costco employee talks on the phone following a shooting within the wholesale outlet in Corona, Calif., Friday, June 14, 2019.
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