Stallman, who has homeless, had been discharged from a Kenosha hospital earlier the day of the riot, having been admitted to the facility following a suicide attempt in which he attempted to overdose on pills. He was reportedly in the area of the Kenosha riots seeking to obtain prescription medication for his bipolar disorder when he became embedded in the left-wing riots, which occurred following the shooting of felony sexual assault fugitive Jacob Blake by a Kenosha police officer.