After Tarrant County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 19-year-old while serving a mental health warrant last month, county commissioners are wondering if a mental health professional should respond to these crises alongside law enforcement.
Deputies shot Christopher Loyo while serving the warrant at his home in Haltom City on Jan. 31, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. The release states that Loyo injured an officer with a blade, and deputies shot him in response. It does not specify how many times Loyo was shot.
Loyo’s brother, Jorge Loyo, told Tarrant County commissioners at a meeting Wednesday he was the one who requested the mental health warrant. He did it so Christopher could get help, he said…