Former U.S. Marine Ian David Long has been named as the suspect who shot and killed 12 people in a Southern California bar before turning the gun on himself on Nov. 7.
In April of this year, mental health specialists who spoke with Long discussed his military service and asked him whether he had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They determined he wasn’t a danger to himself or others, The New York Times reported. They also said he couldn’t involuntarily be taken to a mental hospital under the California 5150 law code for the temporary, involuntary psychiatric commitment of individuals who present a danger to themselves or others due to mental illness.
