Aurora, Ill., shooter in 1995: 'I acted out of rage and fear' in beating ex-girlfriend

CHICAGO - A day after Illinois State Police inquired about Gary Martin's criminal history in 2014, two court clerks in Mississippi discussed whether to send authorities a chilling psychiatric evaluation in which the future mass killer described himself as "an abuser" and admitted to anger issues.

"I have a problem controlling my temper ... when I get real upset," Martin told a psychiatrist in 1995, according to court records.

Martin, then 22, underwent the court-ordered psychiatric examination after he was sentenced to five years in prison for beating his then-girlfriend with an aluminum baseball bat and then stabbing her. He was released after serving less than three years, despite his former girlfriend