On the morning of September 14, 2021, Karin Riebe, a 58-year-old woman in Auburn, Washington, made a series of desperate calls for help. Her 40-year-old son, Shawn, an Army veteran suffering from PTSD who had recently moved in with her, was experiencing a severe mental health crisis. She reported to a 911 dispatcher that he was acting erratically and had self-inflicted wounds on his back. The situation escalated when Shawn brandished a gun, loaded it, and ordered his mother out of her own home.
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