statement, someone, possibly a friend, placed a card and a rose on jared loughner s car in the driveway. a warm gesture toward a man neighbors now believe is a cold-blooded killer. randi kaye, cnn, tucson, arizona. the fact is there s still so much we don t know about loughner, about his family, about how they handled their son, whether after he was kicked out of the community college they got counseling for him. but even with counseling it s very difficult for anyone to predict violence accurately. i talked about it earlier with dr. phil mcgraw. it seems there were plenty of people who crossed paths with the alleged shooter and were alarmed enough by his behavior to raise some red flags. people at the school, people in the neighborhood. do you think everything that could have been done was done in this case? well, anderson, this is a real problem. and let me kind of describe for you what the problem is. even if he had encountered professional psychologist or psychiatrist, even peo
of states use it. most states require a person poses an immediate danger to himself or others before he can be involuntarily treated. in arizona the hurdle is far lower. the law only requires a person be judged persistently or acutely disabled or gravely disabled. under that standard loughner might have gotten seen, might have gotten evaluated, might have gotten treated, might have been prevented at least from buying a gun. at this point there s no evidence anyone petitioned a court, not his parents, classmates, campus police or school administration. again, we don t know if he was getting private counseling but so far there s no evidence of this. joining us helen morrison, senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin and drew griffin. drew, you talked to the school administrators. they felt their main responsibility was just protecting kids on campus. do we know, did they make any effort to contact anybody with their concerns? outside the campus? reporter: just the parents. that was their m
physically but i was scared of him bringing a weapon to class. one of his teachers. in fact, starting in february last year, his erratic behavior led to five confrontations with campus police. by september 29th he was suspended and police, campus police, delivered a letter to him at his parents home. then on the 7th of october a follow up telling loughner he may only return after obtaining a mental health clearance showing his presence at the college would not endanger himself or others. he never returned. as for the school, as far as the school was concerned, they d done their jobs. they protected their students, but what about the community beyond the campus? you see, arizona actually has a law that a lot of other states don t have that might have made it possible for the school to do something. under arizona law, the college could have called a 24-hour government-run mental health hotline with their concerns. in fact, in arizona, any person who knew jared loughner and had concern
lower. the law only requires a person be judged persistently or acutely disabled or gravely disabled. under that standard loughner might have gotten seen, might have gotten evaluated, might have gotten treated, might have been prevented at least from buying a gun. at this point there s no evidence anyone petitioned a court, not his parents, classmates, campus police or school administration. again, we don t know if he was getting private counseling but so far there s no evidence of this. joining us helen morrison, senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin and drew griffin. drew, you talked to the school administrators. they felt their main responsibility was just protecting kids on campus. do we know, did they make any effort to contact anybody with their concerns? outside the campus? reporter: just the parents. that was their main concern, to bring the parents in, to let them know the situation, to let them know they thought their son needed mental evaluation before he could return back
in fact, starting in february last year, his erratic behavior led to five confrontations with campus police. by september 29th he was suspended and police, campus police, delivered a letter to him at his parents home. then on the 7th of october a follow up telling loughner he may only return after obtaining a mental health clearance showing his presence at the college would not endanger himself or others. he never returned. as for the school, as far as the school was concerned, they d done their jobs. they protected their students, but what about the community beyond the campus? you see, arizona actually has a law that a lot of other states don t have that might have made it possible for the school to do something. under arizona law, the college could have called a 24-hour government-run mental health hotline with their concerns. in fact, in arizona, any person who knew jared loughner and had concerns about him could have petitioned a court to get him a psychiatric evaluation. the law