"Police sources said that Ali is bipolar and came to Sullivan's house the day before he killed her. She called her parents, who are both psychologists and asked for their advice on what she should do if she saw him again."
Pure Bipolar disorder doesn't usually lead to violence of this magnitude, there usually is underlying schizoaffective disorder that is involved.!
i.e. Ali is unable to control his behavior, therefore others will have to control his behavior for him.
What a sad story!
It is unlikely that any psychologist in Philadelphia would give the correct advice, the advice I would give my daughters-"Aim for center mass, and keep squeezing the trigger until he's down".