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NJ Parents Tried To Get Son Psychiatric Help Right Before He Killed Them, Police Say NJ Parents Tried To Get Son Psychiatric Help Right Before He Killed Them, Police Say
NJ Parents Tried To Get Son Psychiatric Help Right Before He Killed Them, Police Say On Wednesday, Nov. 1, Cheryl Mulgrew called police seeking a psychiatric evaluation for her 34-year-old son, Michael Mulgrew, who had been experiencing a mental health problem, police documents say. But Michael Mulgrew came home later that night seeming calm, and so Cheryl, 69, told police not to bother, and she'd take him to the doctors in the morning, the affidavit says. Around 11 a.m. the following day, one of Mulgrew's parents called police again seeking a psychiatric evaluation, according to police papers. There, they found Cheryl and her husband, Michael's 71-year-old dad, Eugene…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Police: Teaneck Tenant On Mushrooms Fires Shots In Apartment, Reaches For Officer's Gun Police: Teaneck Tenant On Mushrooms Fires Shots In Apartment, Reaches For Officer's Gun
Police: Teaneck Tenant On Mushrooms Fires Shots In Apartment, Reaches For Officer's Gun UPDATE: A Teaneck tenant appeared under the influence of mushrooms after firing several shots in his apartment, one of which apparently entered a neighbor’s unit, authorities said. Shariyf Salahuddeen, 30, later tried grabbing an officer's gun after being arrested and had to be subdued, they said. Salahuddeen was “showing signs of an altered mental status” after responding officers reported hearing what they believed was a gunshot coming from his apartment in a five-story building on Red Road at the corner of Cedar Lane shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, Deputy Police Chief Andrew R. McG…

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by Jerry DeMarco