Fox News host Brian Kilmeade apologized Sunday for suggesting on live nationwide TV that executing homeless people with mental illness would be a viable way to prevent violent attacks.

The notion of a link between homelessness, mental illness and violence arose last Wednesday as “Fox & Friends” co-hosts Kilmeade, Lawrence Jones and Ainsley Earhardt discussed the Aug. 22 slaying of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a commuter train. Alleged attacker Decarlos Brown Jr., a homeless man with a diagnosis of schizophrenia , now faces federal murder charges , and President Trump has called for the death penalty .

Jones claimed that many people refuse to accept treatment or participate in programs and suggested an ultimatum. “Either you take the resources that we’ll give yo

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