The suspect accused of fatally stabbing a woman on the Atlanta Beltline and seriously injuring a postal worker had received mental health treatment through a diversion program less than two weeks before the attack, according to Atlanta police records reviewed by Channel 2 Action News.
Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Ashli Lincoln found that Jahmare Brown was referred to mental health services after allegedly threatening a man with a knife in downtown Atlanta 12 days before the Beltline stabbing.
According to an Atlanta police diversion report, the incident occurred on Peachtree Street when a man walking downtown greeted Brown by saying hello. The report states Brown responded by pulling out a knife, waving it and telling the man, “I will kill you.”…