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The control group (n = 33,539) included persons who were hospitalized due to injuries from a car accident. Logistic regression models were used to identify the predictors of an OIS incident. The data included information on chronic diseases, vulnerable population status, health insurance, mental health diagnoses, substance use disorders, and recent trauma. Results: About one-fourth (24.3%) of OIS subjects had a diagnosed mental illness, compared to 8.4% of control subjects (p &lt; 0.001). Factors that greatly increased the risk for an OIS included the following: schizophrenia (AOR = 2.7; CI: 1.6, 4.6), methamphetamine use disorder (AOR = 3.5; CI: 2.2, 5.5), and recent family bereavement (AOR = 8.5; CI: 1.8, 39.6). Six subjects (3.4%) were persons experiencing homelessness (PEH). Protective factors that lowered the risk for an OIS included commercial health insurance (AOR = 0.27; CI: 0.17, 0.45) and Medicaid insurance (AOR = 0.61; CI: 0.11, 0.93). Conclusions: These findings underscore the preventable nature of many OIS incidents, especially those that involve untreated mental illness, homelessness, substance use disorders, and recent trauma. Addressing the root causes of these incidents will likely require interdisciplinary collaboration among law enforcement, public health agencies, and social services.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph22060945","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,17]],"date-time":"2025-06-17T04:20:23Z","timestamp":1750134023000},"page":"945","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Role of Mental Health, Recent Trauma, and Suicidal Behavior in Officer-Involved Shootings: A Public Health Perspective"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Liam","family":"O\u2019Neill","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation and Health Services, College of Health and Public Service, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"237","DOI":"10.1001\/jamainternmed.2020.6696","article-title":"Epidemiologic Trends in Fatal and Nonfatal Firearm Injuries in the US, 2009\u20132017","volume":"181","author":"Kaufman","year":"2021","journal-title":"JAMA Intern. 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