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‘Tragic outcomes’: Mentally ill face fatal risk with police

This undated photo provided by the family of Matt Jones shows him and his nephew at his brother's house in Culpeper, Va. Jones, a 36-year-old man from West Virginia, was apparently suffering from a severe manic episode on July 6, 2022, while standing on a highway Bradley, W.Va., with a handgun. The scene was captured by a bystander on video. One officer took a shot and then others opened fire, killing Jones in a hail of bullets. Jones had been unable to get his medication refilled and was experiencing delusions and hallucinations, his fiancée said. (Family of Matt Jones via AP) This undated photo provided by the family of Matt Jones shows him, right, and his niece playing on a tire swing at his brother Mark Jones' house in Culpeper, Va. Jones, a 36-year-old man from West Virginia, was apparently suffering from a severe manic episode on July 6, 2022, while standing on a highway Bradley, W.Va., with a handgun. The scene was captured by a bystander on video. One officer took a shot and then others opened fire, killing Jones in a hail of bullets. Jones had been unable to get his medication refilled and was experiencing delusions and hallucinations, his fiancée said. (Family of Matt Jones via AP)
‘Tragic outcomes’: Mentally ill face fatal risk with police