She claimed to have repeatedly told Close to turn himself in, only for the man to reply he was afraid to do so. Thompson told police that the night before the shooting, she and Close got into a fight at her apartment about him being with another woman. Thompson also told police that her boyfriend 'was not mentally stable and had not been the entire time she knew him,' the detective shared. He suffered gunshot wounds to the legAnother friend told police that Close told him via text that he 'just snapped.' Close apparently told this friend that he had spent some time in a mental institution at the age of 12.

Source: Daily Mail November 17, 2020 14:55 UTC