(WPXI) – The lawyer for the man accused of threatening to shoot up South Hills Village Mall said his client was suffering a mental health crisis, and was trying to warn of a shooting, not threaten one. Fifty-one-year-old Lance Crowley faced a magistrate judge Thursday, charged with making terroristic threats and public drunkenness. On Oct. 12, police from departments across the South Hills rushed to South Hills Village Mall after a Macy’s employee reported that Crawley had walked up to him carrying a large duffel bag, and said there was going to be a mass shooting. The incident prompted a mall lockdown. Defense attorney David Shrager said, “He believed he was assisting people and warning people of something that was going to happen. He believed that sincerely at that time. His intention was not to alarm, hurt or scare anyone.” The judge granted the continuance, but not before giving restrictions and a stern warning. Crowley is not to have any drugs or alcohol or step on mall property.