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Him, talked to him and clearly didn't feel that he qualified to be taken and was left at that scene. >> dana: judge, explain what 5150 is. >> that is a section of the california statutes which permit the incarceration of a person in a mental facility who is a danger to himself and to others in order to keep him there for longer than 12 hours. that determination has to be made by two psychiatrists. they make that on the basis of an in basis interview at the time of the incident as well as examining a copy of his medical and, if they exist, mental health records. then they make a determination o...

From here. and so he lived nearby. this club was packed with college student, and borderline bar is a draw for kids who want to listen to country music and do line dancing. and the gunman came in reportedly came in and shot a security guard and other employees before opening fire on everyone else. at this point, the question is why. authorities have said that they have had some minor interactions with long in the past, and nothing major. the most recent was earlier in the year in a apri april a and were called the to his house, because he was irate and crisis intervention team was called in an...

Some issues to discuss and he did discuss that he was dealing with ptsd are relate nd to his service in the marines. he was decorate and looks like at least one deployment overseas i could see, but again, this interaction they had, they had to make a decision at that point, was it severe enough to do a 5150 hold which would essentially mean for say 72 hours involuntarily holding him in a mental health facility. they decided at the time it was not necessary. you know, hindsight is 20/20 if they should have looked into it more, but at that time, that is the interaction and as far as the sheriff'...

Him. he did not meet the criteria at that time of being taken 5150. so somebody can exhibit signs of erratic behavior or even mental illness, but if they don't meet those criteria of either being a danger to themselves or a danger to others or gravely disabled, we can't take them against their will to a psychiatric facility. >> do we know if he purchased this handgun, which we're told was purchased legally, do we know if he purchased the handgun after this april incident? >> that i don't know. i know our partners with the atf are looking at the details of the gun purchase, where that happened,...

We know that deputies responded to that home. what did they find? >> so to give you some context, we respond to people in crisis all the time, and in california we have -- what's called a welfare and institutions code section 5150, and that deals with people who are either a danger to themselves, a danger to others or gravely disabled where they can't care for their own needs, and so when we have the authority to take somebody temporarily into custody against their will and take them to a psychiatric facility, if they meet that criteria at that time, and that could be that their suicidal, homi...