Unfortunately, that’s not how the system works today. The mental health providers or even LEOs cannot take action until that person actually harms themselves or someone else.
They know it can happen any second, but their hands are often tied too.
And the fact that evil people must commit something truly evil before they can be stopped is a sign of these times. Before Jimmy Carter started the move from State Mental Institutions (claiming their rights were being “violated” by locking them up) there were three eligible criteria to admit them.
1). Unable to care for self
2) A risk to self
3) A risk to the public
This young man clearly qualified for #3. Thanks, Jimmy.