MARIETTA, Ga. — A man charged with firing a gun into a family’s home was previously convicted of a similar shooting, Channel 2 investigative reporter Justin Gray has learned.
Tevin McDonald is serving a 10-year probation for a shooting at the Ridgeview Institute, a Cobb County mental hospital.
At the time of that 2016 shooting, police say one hospital employee was shot and that McDaniel opened fire inside the hospital after his family brought him there for a mental evaluation.
According to court documents, McDonald’s probation required regular mental health care.
Gray reached out to the Georgia Department of Community Supervision to ask if McDonald was following the rules of that probation agreement and if state staff were tracking that. We are still waiting for a response.
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The latest incident happened earlier this month along Manning Road.
Surveillance video shows a man, whom police say is McDonald, running up to a house, pulling a gun out of his pocket, firing three shots at the home’s front door, and then jogging back to his car.
Police said this was the third time that this has happened. McDonald, 29, of Smyrna, was taken into custody Friday morning.
Investigators said they have been following up on leads from the public and that was what led to McDonald’s arrest.
Police said McDonald is facing numerous aggravated assault and weapons charges related to the shootings.
Legislative leaders at the Georgia State Capitol have declared 2022 “the year of mental health.”
While not commenting specifically about McDonald’s case, Marietta Police say they have been working with lawmakers on mental health legislation.
One proposed bill would allow police to bring someone directly into a hospital for a mental evaluation.
Another would send the officer out with a mental health professional in the field to do that evaluation on-site.
“The goal is how can I get someone the help they need before they harm themselves or anyone else. It’s a challenging situation. We are all trying to balance that tight rope right now about how do we do that without violating anyone’s rights,” Marietta Police spokesman Chuck McPhilamy said.
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