One other Psychological Well being Killing Spree…How Lengthy Will Shooter’s Psychological Well being Historical past be Hidden?
Republished with permission from AbleChild.
Final Monday the nation needed to endure the horror and tragedy of one other mass capturing carried out by one other “mentally sick” gunman. The questions that come from this capturing incident ought to start with how robust can or not it’s for these in energy to lastly settle for that there’s an issue with the behavioral well being mannequin that critically has been damaged for many years?
Nevada resident Shane Tamura drove cross nation in report time reportedly hell-bent on capturing up the headquarters of the Nationwide Soccer League (NFL). Sadly, the mentally sick Tamura didn’t wait to start out capturing on the obvious NFL goal however, relatively, started capturing within the foyer of the mid-town workplace constructing, taking out harmless lives for no obvious purpose. A surprising pointless tragedy and the powers that be, as soon as once more, fail to deal with the elephant within the room…Tamura was being “handled” for psychological sickness(es) with severe psychiatric mind-altering medication.
In a three-page hand-written word discovered on his lifeless physique Tamura whined about Persistent Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative mind illness related to head trauma. Sure, Tamura performed Excessive Faculty soccer however by no means performed for any school or for the NFL, his obvious goal. And in line with certainly one of his former highschool coaches Tamura didn’t maintain any head accidents.
Nevertheless, Tamura had usually seen a neurologist who yearly took MRI exams and supplied numerous remedies, together with Sumatriptan injections. There isn’t any proof thus far that yearly MRIs revealed any CTE.
However what sport Tamura performed in Excessive Faculty actually isn’t related. What’s related is that police knew instantly that Tamura had a historical past of psychological sickness. As standard, no particular particulars are ever supplied concerning the alleged “psychological sickness.” Why? It’s allegedly because of this psychological sickness that harmless lives had been taken. Shouldn’t the general public have a proper to know what particular psychological sickness Tamura suffered from, what his docs had been offering as “remedy” and the way lengthy had Tamura been a psychological well being affected person?
Sadly, the general public may by no means get the whole particulars of the gunman’s psychological well being points and drug “remedy,” but it surely has been revealed by media sources that, regardless of Tamura’s psychological well being points, the gunman was working in safety/surveillance on the Horseshoe On line casino in Las Vegas.
As a result of Tamura had been taken in on two Psychological Well being Disaster holds in Nevada, first in 2022 after which once more in 2024, investigators could need to look into how Tamura was in a position to get hold of a conceal carry allow in Nevada and, extra importantly, work in safety at a Las Vegas on line casino? Additional, Tamura had been arrested in 2022 at a Las Vegas on line casino for trespassing after reportedly “grabbing a safety guard and refusing to go away.” These fees had been suspiciously dropped, however one has to marvel how this incident slipped by the Horseshoe On line casino’s background test?
However even these incidents don’t present the info that’s vital to grasp the apparent first rate into psychological sickness that the gunman was experiencing. If investigators need to know why this mindless capturing occurred, the primary motion would have been to subpoena Tamura’s psychological well being data.
It was early on reported {that a} “treatment” was present in Tamura’s deserted vehicle in Manhattan, and it later was revealed that an antipsychotic was present in his room the place he lived in Las Vegas.
It was solely after police reported what was present in his residence that one can simply surmise that Tamura’s issues weren’t with the NFL however, relatively, with the psychological well being business. In accordance with information reviews police faraway from Tamura’s residence “a number of prescription bottles together with paperwork, different prescription bottles with tablets…”
So, once more, what number of prescription psychiatric medication Tamura had been prescribed is anybody’s guess. How lengthy Tamura had been “handled” with psychiatric medication is completely vital to grasp how the “remedy” had modified Tamura through the years.
Let’s simply think about the doable hostile occasions related to the reported antipsychotic Tamura had been prescribed. First, let’s perceive that antipsychotics normally are prescribed to handle psychosis, a psychological state characterised by lack of contact with actuality, typically involving hallucinations and delusions.
The next are doable hostile results associates with antipsychotics – insomnia, anxiousness, agitation, confusion, and delirium. Now think about that Tamura had been on a cocktail of psychiatric medication which every class of drug carries its personal record of great hostile results. Lastly, one should think about whether or not Tamura suffered from Tardive Dyskinesia (TD), a motion dysfunction characterised by involuntary, repetitive muscle actions, affecting the face, neck, legs and arms and attributable to taking antidepressants.
Is it doable that Tamura was affected by drug induced TD and his delusions fixated on the NFL’s CTE historical past? Paradoxically, Tamura’s mind can be examined as a part of his post-mortem and a neuropathology skilled is reportedly already within the strategy of finishing up “extra testing” to find out if Tamura suffered from CTE. However conducting the CTE examination will solely be related if the skilled additionally considers the years of psychiatric drug use by the shooter.
The underside line to the case is all about Tamura’s psychological well being historical past and the medication prescribed as “remedy.” Isn’t it odd that the general public is aware of the minute particulars of the weapon used within the murderous assault, but isn’t supplied the identify of shooter’s prescribing physicians and the medication prescribed?
It’s the identical cover up with each mass capturing. Bear in mind Nashville shooter Audrey Hale? Hale killed six folks at her former faculty in 2023 and thus far, the general public nonetheless has not been supplied her full psychological well being historical past and drug “remedies.” Hale had twenty years of psychiatric “remedy” previous to finishing up the murders however the particulars of Hale’s “remedy” have but to be launched.
In actual fact, most of the time, these mass shooters have lengthy psychiatric “remedy” histories. Tamura seems to be the most recent beneficiary of failed psychiatric “remedy.” The general public is aware of what Tamura did and the way Tamura did it however haven’t been given the explanations behind the lethal assault. Word to legislation enforcement – no must look any additional than Tamura’s medication cupboard.
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