The State - News from Oct. 18, 1985
A gunman fired shots within a couple of hours at 10 mental health facilities scattered around San Francisco. Nobody was injured, but mental health officials expressed concern about lack of security at their facilities. Police said a 34-year-old man was suspected but no arrest was made. The incidents began at Odyssey House, a halfway house for mental patients. Minutes later a bullet was fired at the Mount Zion clinic that narrowly missed some staff members. Then the gunman went on rapidly to other locations, police said.
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