THORNTON, Colo. — A man accused of stabbing a teacher on a crosswalk outside a Thornton school on Oct. 23 has been formally charged with attempted first-degree murder.

In addition to that charge, Damien Brooks, 31, also faces charges of first-degree assault and two counts of crime of violence.

According to an arrest affidavit Denver7 obtained , Brooks was recently released from prison but felt “agitated and paranoid,” according to his mother. She told police after the incident that her son told her, “They’re going to kill me.”

He was placed on a mental health hold after allegedly breaking windows at a behavioral health services center in Colorado Springs, and his mother told police that she refused to pick him up because she didn't feel it was safe for him to be home, the affidavit re

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