Suspect in deputy’s shooting wanted to ‘make it on his own or die,’ Utah police say

The Utah man suspected in the seemingly random shooting of an L.A. County sheriff’s deputy left his family’s home three weeks ago with a gun and a grim-sounding mission statement.

Giles said Nelson’s family told police he had previously suffered with substance abuse issues, and they were worried he “may have relapsed recently.”

Nelson called home again on June 4, according to Giles. He was staying in Rancho Santa Margarita in Orange County. Investigators said Tuesday that Nelson had traveled to Southern California in the first week of June. Giles said investigators and Nelson’s relatives discussed law enforcement intervention under Utah’s civil commitment law, but at that point he was far outside their jurisdiction.

At 5:45 p.m. the same day, Nelson walked into a Jack in the Box restaurant in Alhambra and shot 50-year-old sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Solano in the head. Solano remains in grave condition on life support at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, according to Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

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