“I am deeply remorseful for my actions on Tuesday night,” Sherman, 33, said in a statement Friday. In a 9-1-1 call Tuesday evening, Sherman’s wife, Ashley, told the dispatcher that he had sent text messages to multiple friends saying he would kill himself. In February, according to court records, the King County Sheriff’s Office obtained an “extreme risk protection order” against Sherman, which prohibited him from possessing firearms. A court commissioner, when sealing the protection order, wrote that Sherman’s mental health was “currently in crisis,” according to The Seattle Times. After Sherman pleaded not guilty Friday, Judge Lisa Paglisotti ordered that he not consume any alcohol or drugs that were not prescribed for him, and that he not have “harmful or offensive” contact with Raymond Moss, his father-in-law.

Source: New York Times July 16, 2021 20:00 UTC