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How officials handled mental health concerns days before MPD officer-involved shootingHow officials handled mental health concerns days before MPD officer-involved shooting Three days before Mobile Police officers shot and killed 24-year-old Chris Jones, his mother filed a petition for involuntary commitment. The petition states Jones was schizophrenic, off his medicine and acting erratically. Jones' mother also told the court her son had a gun.
AltaPointe says the crisis team met with Jones Saturday and encouraged voluntary treatment, but he declined. Shortly after seven o'clock Monday morning, Mobile Police encountered Jones on top of a roof at a vacant home on Glenwood Street. Officers shot and killed him after they say he came off the roof and pointed a shotgun at them.
Davis says he did not see the petition Jones' mother filed Friday but would have if the family had also requested emergency detention.