TROUBLED HEATHER LOCKLEAR has been tossed in the loony bin after she went ape and violently attacked her mom, DIANE, and dad, WILLIAM, as they tried to stop her from getting a gun to kill herself, sources reveal.
Ventura, Calif., officials called by her terrified parents cuffed the ballistic beauty and whisked her to a psych ward.
“Even though she wasn’t placed under arrest, Heather was handcuffed while on the gurney being transported to the hospital,” confirms a police source.
According to a snitch, the 56-year-old Melrose Place actress went bonkers and “was looking for a gun, threatening to kill herself. Her parents tried to help her, but she choked her mom and hit her dad.”
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