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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Vertuno and Acacia Coronado

Texas deputies confronted but didn't arrest fatal shooting suspect in August, a month before new law

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A man suspected of killing six people in a shooting rampage through two major Texas cities was confronted by sheriff’s deputies in August during a mental health crisis and could have been arrested on a violation for cutting off an ankle monitor.

Instead, deputies left Shane James Jr. — who was naked and yelling obscenities at deputies while barricaded behind a bedroom door — with his family.

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