Was reading reports about the murder He is autistic with functioning of a 10-12 year old. Family cried out for help when he became violent No help was offered. So there is another life that the Sheriff department failed. They failed to protect him from himself. He was institutionalized for a short period. Picking him up and returning to said institution is a very simple solution
Where did you read he was institutionalized? I read he attended Henderson Mental Health Clinic.
There are certain people in this country (We call them "Leftists") who view that solution as an impingement on that person's rights.
Of course, these are the same people who protest when we discuss limiting the volume of violent Islamic refugees who wish to kill us that we allow into this country.
I guess to them, the violent murderers (be they mentally ill people who should be institutionalized, or Islamists who wish to see Americans dead) will vote for leftist candidates themselves in any case, and even if they kill people randomly without consideration of their party affiliation, at least the Democratic portion of those murdered voters can still cast their vote for Democrats in any given election since those same people don't want us to purge the voter rolls of deceased people for a reason.
The Leftists probably think they come out ahead no matter what.
And this doesn't even account for people who are simply violent Leftists (like the Softball Field Shooter) who are going to selectively murder voters (or lawmakers) for the opposing party which decreases the voters outright for the opposing party.
I did descend into a bit of sarcasm there (not directed at you, but at leftists) but the point is, they are the ones who want mentally ill people on the streets and not in institutions. (Note that I agree with your simple solution. It is the best thing to do for these mentally ill people, and for everyone else in society.)