I got to talk to this suspect's Mom and Dad this week. It is really a sad story, but from what I can gather, he is a paranoid schizophrenic and has been off his meds since December. He needs to be put back in the hospital to me monitored again, and that is just a shame. The parents found out about this when reading the paper Sunday morning - no phone calls from the police or medical personnel.
Turns out he was dianosed back when he was 17yo. When he was 16 his parents just thought he was on drugs or something to explain his erratic behavior, but finally they took him to the doctor who actually diagnosed him and hospitalized him for several years. Medication seemed to help, but what should have been progress for him only led to set backs, leading up to this.
Such a shame and I hope the trooper recovers and this guy gets the help he so needs.