He claimed to have PTSD, and apparently had been trying to get the army to diagnose him with it.
Unsuccessfully.
He did claim to have a traumatic head injury ...
Have any of you have/had this? I have multi. head injuries & ptsd which seem to go hand in hand with each other. You can have one without the other as well. I got mine from an motorcycle accident on Nov. 5, 1997 [that was the last one] For this I am currently on 6 different meds to control/deal with this. You also have to have talk therapy both in a group & in private settings to help deal with the trauma/s. Head injuries have an accumulative effect [they build upon them selves] and thus making is even easier to receive another one. It also 30-40 years to heal from just 1 tbi & it’s effects can last a life time, depending on where the damage is, in the brain. It has taken me 16 years to get to a point in my life where I can no longer be considered dangerous, but my wife is now my fiduciary/keeper [and that is a 24/7 job in it’s self] Because of my actions I have put my family through hell because of my actions.
The Army has some responsibility in this too. 1] by not explaining why he could not go on leave due to medical reasons [when starting SSRI’s never leave a pt. alone]2] He should have been restricted to the unit area/s for observation,3] never been able to purchase a pistol in his medical condition/s till stabilized.4] have assigned a person in unit to look out for him.
He was in a injured solider/wounded warrior unit, so these folks need to handled differently than everyoneelse. Their rules of behavior are different than deplorable units.
With that being said he is RESPONSIBLE for his actions. He choose to get a pistol, then to carry it, then in a fit of rage use it.
He was on Ambien, that will make anyone crazy.
“He claimed to have PTSD, and apparently had been trying to get the army to diagnose him with it.”
following through.....so he could get a “check for life”, perhaps his actions were in part due to not getting what he felt was his entitlement.
We’ve got so many people getting so many different “checks for life” that when they stop, we’ll probably have many more episodes like this.