The gunman's mother asked on Facebook if anyone could recommend a good therapist.
Had such an effort been made, would it have made a difference? Statistics related to so-called extreme risk protection orders in El Paso County, which encompasses Colorado Springs, raise doubts. Even though officials declared the area a red-flag sanctuary in which the law wouldn't be enforced, the county generated the second-most ERPO requests in the state from January 1, 2020, when the law went into effect, through December 31, 2021.
Deputies soon traced Aldrich to the 6300 block of Pilgrimage Road, about a mile from his house, but when they reached him by phone,"he refused to comply with orders to surrender," according to the sheriff's office. At that point, the CSPD's tactical-support unit, including a crew with expertise in explosives, was dispatched, and several hours later, at approximately 4:15 p.m.
At 5:46 p.m., negotiators convinced Aldrich to surrender, and while no explosives were found at the residence, he was booked into El Paso County jail on two counts of felony menacing and three counts of first-degree kidnapping., Voepel wrote,"Does anyone know of a fantastic defense attorney? I ask this with a heavy heart but my family really needs some help at this time.
At this point, it's not known if the gunman received therapy. But Colorado's extreme-risk protection order
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