Family members had begun to be concerned about Sirwilliam’s mental health in the days and weeks before the shooting, defense attorney Cheryl Meyers-Buth said after court. He showed no signs of being violent, she said, but he was acting out of character and showing signs of paranoia.
“The sad part is, he had actually gone with his girlfriend to a doctor the Thursday before (the shooting) and then to another doctor with his mother that weekend because he was saying he didn’t feel right,” Meyers-Buth said.
Both times, she said, Hardy was told there was nothing wrong.
