I don't know if they could be characterized as threats. He refused to say exactly what Weston said. Spent Time in Mental Hospital Weston was committed to Montana's state mental hospital for 53 days in the fall of 1996 for evaluation and treatment after threatening a Helena resident, said Andrew Malcolm, a spokesman for Gov. Marc Racicot. He was officially diagnosed with schizophrenia at one point in his life, a disease doctors believe is hereditary. It can be treated with consistent doses of medication, though not cured.
Schizophrenia can produce visual and auditory hallucinations, severe paranoia and other symptoms.
The New York Times reported in Sunday's editions that a man resembling the photograph on Weston's driver's license approached Times White House Correspondent John Broder in Lafayette Park about six hours before the shooting Friday. It's like Nazi Germany. Millions of people are going to die because of their beliefs. The Times did not characterize the likelihood that the stranger in the park was Weston, but noted that the incident was reported to the Secret Service on Saturday. The Associated Press contributed to this report.