Judging by the cache of weapons Monterey County Sheriff's deputies seized this past Saturday, what might have been an extremely bloody confrontation at Hartnell College has been averted.
Acting on a call from a concerned family member, Sheriff's deputies conducted a welfare check Saturday afternoon on Cary Palmer, a 56-year-old student at Hartnell.
According to a statement sent out tonight by the Sheriff's Office, Palmer "had left a threatening voicemail to a family member and mentioned shooting the college."
Deputies interviewed Palmer at his home in Salinas, and after determining he might be a threat to others, seized a cache of weapons in Palmer's residence: two high-powered rifles with attached scopes, an "AR-style" assault rifle, a tactical shotgun, three handguns, a compound bow and 905 rounds of ammunition.
Though not arrested, Palmer is being held by authorities while his mental health is being evaluated, and the case has been forwarded to the County District Attorney's Office for possible prosecution.
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