On a recent Tuesday afternoon, Sacramento was rocked by a critical drive-by shooting that left one man struggling for his life, according to a report by Hoodline. Responding patrol deputies found the victim with a gunshot wound to the head on Morse Avenue and Lerwick Way, quickly providing medical aid before the arrival of Sheriff’s Homicide Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators who have been surveying the unsettling increase in local violence.
The subsequent investigation rapidly focused on 46-year-old Jason Hankins, whom detectives assert drove by and shot the victim in the head while he was sitting in the back of a vehicle; Hankins tried to hide his vehicle and the weapon but his efforts were in vain the detectives discovered both the car and the gun. Hankins, with a harrowing history of violent offenses dating back to 1997, was arrested and is held without bail, facing attempted murder charges as he awaits his court appearance, reportedly set for tomorrow, a swift response by law enforcement to a brazen act of violence.
However, the case took a sharp turn when a social media post by Sheriff Jim Cooper revealed a disconcerting detail, Hankins had “graduated” from Sacramento County’s Mental Health Diversion Program just two weeks prior to the incident, as reported by Sheriff Jim Cooper’s Facebook page. Cooper denounced the program stating, “Many times, Mental Health Diversion isn’t treatment. And certainly it’s not justice,” pointing to the systematic failure that he says puts “violent predators” back into society under a veil of rehabilitation…