Woman: Focus of Reno shooting case had depression

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Officers escort witnesses to a bus at the Renown Regional Medical Center after a lone gunman shot and injured four people before killing himself , Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 in Reno, Nev.

By Sandra Chereb and Scott Sonner, Associated Press

Published Thu, Dec 19, 2013 (8:22 a.m.)

Updated Thu, Dec 19, 2013 (1:53 p.m.)

Reno Hospital Shooting

Officers escort witnesses to a bus at the Renown Regional Medical Center after a lone gunman shot and injured four people before killing himself , Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 in Reno, Nev. Launch slideshow »

RENO — The ex-fiancee of a man who has become the focus of an investigation into a Reno hospital shooting says he had a history of mental illness.

Stephanie Wright-West said Thursday that 51-year-old Alan Oliver Frazier suffered from depression and became a different person when he stopped taking antidepressants.

She says they dated in the mid-1990s and lived together in California for about six months before he called off the engagement.

Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood says his agency helped Reno police execute a search warrant Wednesday at the home of Frazier near Lake Almanor in California.

Reno police have scheduled a briefing later Thursday to identify the person who killed himself after three people were shot.

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