Abbott: One of Challenges We Have to Deal with Is Not Just Evil, But Also Mental Health Challenges

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ABBOTT: "Well, as you begin your question, you talked about motive. And that's one of the loose ends we need to tie up here. And that is, what was the motive? What was the man's situation? Everything that we seem to know, and it's important that we don't know all the facts of what I'm about to say, but one thing that we seem to know is that Devin Kelley was a person with some mental challenges, even seemingly before he entered into the United States Air Force, as you know, and I think have reported, he was dishonorably discharged. And the things that he did to his family were a sign that there was some level of mental instability. Obviously, you have to be very mentally unstable to commit a heinous crime like this. So, once again, one of the challenges we have to deal with is not just evil, but also mental health challenges, to address those and --"
CUOMO: "Right."
ABBOTT: "Things like that are avenues that we can pursue to make sure that we lead to a safer society."