{"id":4096,"date":"2015-03-31T11:52:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T15:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=4096"},"modified":"2016-08-22T11:56:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T15:56:10","slug":"neighbors-man-fatally-shot-police-combat-veteran-ptsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=4096","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors: Man fatally shot by police was a combat veteran with PTSD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/let\/\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">back<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story-author caps\">By Lisa Nico News Staff <\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/kval.com\/embed\/news\/local\/neighbors-man-fatally-shot-by-police-was-a-combat-veteran-with-ptsd\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>EUGENE, Ore. &#8211; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kval.com\/news\/local\/Eugene-PD-Officer-fatally-shoots-reportedly-suicidal-man-298089451.html\">man shot and killed by a police officer Monday<\/a> was a military veteran struggling with mental health issues, neighbors and family told KVAL News.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not yet released the man&#8217;s identity, citing efforts to notify his family out of state.<\/p>\n<p>Family and neighbors in the Bethel neighborhood of West Eugene said the man suffered from post-traumatic stress, for which he sought treatment from the Veterans Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene Police initially said they would be able to release more information about the shooting Tuesday afternoon. Any new official release of information won&#8217;t likely happen until Wednesday, police later said.<\/p>\n<p>Under state law, the shooting is under investigation by Lane County&#8217;s Interagency Deadly Force Investigation Team.<\/p>\n<p>The results of that investigation will be forwarded to the district attorney for review.<\/p>\n<p>A final report could take some time: the report on a deadly November 2013 officer-involved shooting outside Churchill High School came almost a month after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors of the man on Devos Street are anxious to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to know answers. I want to know the truth. I want to know: was he really a threat?&#8221; said neighbor Reina Elam. &#8220;Answers like that would be really nice to get so that we can be at ease and comfort knowing that our cops did do something &#8211; did do the right thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eugene Police said officers were responding to a reportedly suicidal subject on Devos Street around 5 o&#8217;clock Monday night when an officer took that fatal shot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The roommate is saying, &#8216;I should have just grabbed him and pulled him back in&#8217; because he was just saying, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done nothing wrong. Get off, off my property. Get off my property&#8217;,&#8221; said an aunt of the deceased who asked not to be identified by name while family members are notified.<\/p>\n<p>Those who knew the man say the veteran returned home from combat with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately he suffered the worst tragedy that anyone can think of. It&#8217;s very sad,&#8221; neighbor Norma Roque said. &#8220;I just hope that each of us can process this tragedy and focus on our families because our families are number one. We have to help each other best we can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>retrieved from: http:\/\/kval.com\/news\/local\/neighbors-man-fatally-shot-by-police-was-a-combat-veteran-with-ptsd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; back By Lisa Nico News Staff EUGENE, Ore. &#8211; The man shot and killed by a police officer Monday was a military veteran struggling with mental health issues, neighbors and family told KVAL News. 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