On January 10, 2001, 68-year-old Pearlie Mae Feldman was one of three people killed when a client of the Nevada County Department of Behavioral Health opened fire at the clinic in Nevada City, California. The shooter, 40-year-old Scott Harlan Thorpe, carried a 9mm Ruger semi-automatic pistol and, according to reports, was unhappy with the care he had been receiving. A 19-year-old temporary receptionist, Laura Wilcox, was also killed at the clinic; a third victim, 24-year-old Mike Markle, was later shot and killed at a Lyon’s Restaurant in Grass Valley after Thorpe fled the clinic. Several other people were injured, including one who jumped from a window to escape the gunfire and others wounded at both locations.

Thorpe drove to the restaurant, then returned home in Smartsville and was taken into custody after a three-hour standoff; his brother, a Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy, alerted authorities after Thorpe reportedly confessed to the shootings by phone. Thorpe faced multiple charges, including three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. The violence prompted enactment of Laura’s Law, which permits court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment for certain people with severe mental illness.

If anyone knew Pearlie Mae Feldman, her routines, or was in Nevada City on January 10, 2001, please share information that might help remember her or clarify events that day.