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Man Arrested For Park Murder Struggled With Mental Health Issues

  The head of an Ohio Latino advocacy group says the man arrested for the fatal shooting of one woman and the wounding of another has had serious mental health issues for years.  

Thirty-five-year-old Juan Emmanuel Razo surrendered Monday after a shootout with sheriff's deputies at a park 30 miles east of Cleveland.   He's charged with attempted murder for shooting a 40-year-old woman as she walked along a bike path, but hasn't been charged in the murder of 60-year-old Margaret Kostelnik at her home near the park. Authorities say Razo has confessed to the shootings and an attempted rape of a 14-year-old girl.  HOLA Ohio Executive Director Veronica Dahlberg issued a statement Wednesday saying Razo has been waiting 12 years for a green card and isn't a "random illegal alien."