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‘Tragic outcomes’: Mentally ill face fatal risk with police

This undated photo provided by Misty Castillo shows her son, Arcadio Castillo III, at a relative's house in Woodburn, Ore. One summer night, Misty Castillo stepped out of her house in Salem, Ore., called 911 and asked for the police, saying her son was mentally ill, was assaulting her and her husband and had a knife. Less than five minutes later, a police officer burst into the house and shot Arcadio Castillo III dead. (Misty Castillo via AP) Arcadio and Misty Castillo stand in the living room of their home near a memorial for their son, Arcadio Castillo III, who was shot by Salem police, in Salem, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. "He didn't try to calm him down. He just came in and immediately shot my son," Misty Castillo said. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) A memorial for Arcadio Castillo III, who was shot by Salem police, hangs on the wall of his parents' home in Salem, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. When Misty Castillo called 911 in July 2021 to say that her son was mentally ill and was assaulting her and her husband, it ended in a matter of minutes with a police officer bursting into their house and shooting their son. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) Misty and Arcadio Castillo remove the teardrop-shaped blue urn adorned with a small heart and containing the ashes of their son Arcadio Castillo III from the mantelpiece in their home in Salem, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. After mental health issues emerged in Arcadio's teens, Marion County mental health workers diagnosed him with attention deficit disorder and prescribed Ritalin, but the anxiety only got worse. Arcadio's parents tried to have him committed to a psychiatric institution, "but everywhere we turned we were told he wasn't sick enough to be committed and one week later he was killed," his mother said. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) This undated photo provided by the Castillo family shows Arcadio Castillo III at a relative's house in Woodburn, Ore. One summer night, Misty Castillo stepped out of her house in Salem, Ore., called 911 and asked for the police, saying her son was mentally ill, was assaulting her and her husband and had a knife. Less than five minutes later, a police officer burst into the house and shot Arcadio Castillo III dead. (Castillo Family via AP) Arcadio Castillo, left, and his wife Misty stand in front of their home, holding the urn containing the ashes of their son Arcadio Castillo III, who was shot in 2021 by Salem police, in Salem, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Misty called 911 and asked for the police, saying her son was mentally ill, was assaulting her and her husband and had a knife. Less than five minutes later, a police officer burst into the house and shot Arcadio Castillo III. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) Misty Castillo, left, and her husband Arcadio stand in front of their home, holding the urn containing the ashes of their son Arcadio Castillo III, who was shot in 2021 by Salem police, in Salem, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Misty called 911 and asked for the police, saying her son was mentally ill, was assaulting her and her husband and had a knife. Less than five minutes later, a police officer burst into the house and shot him. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) Misty Castillo, left, and her husband Arcadio stand in front of their home, holding the urn containing the ashes of their son Arcadio Castillo III, who was shot in 2021 by Salem police, as their granddaughter Nala, age 2, looks out the window in Salem, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Misty called 911 and asked for the police, saying her son was mentally ill, was assaulting her and her husband and had a knife. Less than five minutes later, a police officer burst into the house and shot him. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)