“The first thing out of my son's mouth to the sheriff back in 2025 was that if that man had a gun or a knife, he wouldn't be here today. Now an innocent senior citizen is in the hospital because the system refused to hold him accountable.”

Shawna Gentry · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16

Gentry said her son warned the sheriff in 2025 that Lyons could have killed someone with a weapon, and now an innocent senior citizen was hospitalized.