WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) – Police say the man who opened fire in a Rhode Island affordable housing complex lied on the application to purchase the firearm used in the shooting.
Police say Joseph Giachello wrote that he had never been treated or confined for a mental illness on the application to buy a .38-caliber revolver.
The Providence Journal reported Tuesday that court and police records indicate that Giachello had been hospitalized after threatening to kill himself and his estranged wife in 2002.
Giachello was also recommended for a hospital evaluation in April of 2003 when police in Stonington, Connecticut, determined he could be a danger to himself or others.
