UpdatedTue, Apr 6, 2021 at 4:26 pm ET
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Middlesex District Attorney Ryan speaks to the press about the investigation into the death of Michael Conlon who was shot by Newton police in February. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)
NEWTON, MA The family of Michael Conlon, who was fatally shot last month by police during a mental health crisis, is calling for more police training. Given that 1 in 5 US adults experiences mental illness, 1 in 20 US adults experiences severe mental illness, and 17 percent of youth experience a mental health disorder, we feel training is not only called for, but also necessary, they wrote in a letter to the Boston Globe, citing National Alliance on Mental Illness statistics.