The Joplin Globe reports that Tom Mourning Sr. says his son, 26-year-old Tom Mourning II, has had mental health issues. The younger Mourning is jailed, unable to post $1 million bail.
He faces multiple counts of armed criminal action, first-degree felony assault and unlawful use of a weapon. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.
Tom Mourning Sr. called police Saturday to report shots had been fired in the duplex where they lived. He told the Globe his son was having “a schizophrenic- or bipolar-type event” and that his son had recently broken up with his girlfriend.