Harold Vincent Robinson, Jr., who police say committed two robberies then led officers on a bullet-spraying chase through Salt Lake City, had a mental illness, according to a statement published by his family, apologizing for the “horrible events.”
“He was struggling with paranoia and delusions,” the statement said. It added Robinson was “trying to decipher from what was real and what was not.”
Robinson, 37, on Monday morning robbed two convenience stores, police said, then fired gunshots near 500 S. West Temple in Salt Lake City. Officers pursued him in his Ford F-350 south on State Street.