Paxil, murder-suicide and PTSD

He had been prescribed Paxil, an anti-depressant, but did not consistently take the medication, said Judy Lopez, his mother.

Lovell murder-suicide shatters 2 families
By RUFFIN PREVOST
Gazette Wyoming Bureau

LOVELL, Wyo. - Two families joined by marriage and grief struggled Tuesday to make sense of a shooting that left a husband and wife dead and two young children without parents.

Ongoing depression over the hardships of serving in Afghanistan and Iraq may have played a role in sparking the incident, said relatives of Steven D. Lopez.

An active-duty sergeant in the U.S. Army, Lopez, 23, shot his wife, Brenda Lee Davila, 22, before turning the gun on himself Monday afternoon.

"Our hearts go out so much for Brenda's family," said Daniel Lopez, Steven Lopez's father.

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Lovell murder-suicide shatters 2 families
By RUFFIN PREVOST
Gazette Wyoming Bureau

LOVELL, Wyo. - Two families joined by marriage and grief struggled Tuesday to make sense of a shooting that left a husband and wife dead and two young children without parents.

Ongoing depression over the hardships of serving in Afghanistan and Iraq may have played a role in sparking the incident, said relatives of Steven D. Lopez.

An active-duty sergeant in the U.S. Army, Lopez, 23, shot his wife, Brenda Lee Davila, 22, before turning the gun on himself Monday afternoon.

"Our hearts go out so much for Brenda's family," said Daniel Lopez, Steven Lopez's father. "We can't even begin to - it's terrible. It's the ultimate pain, to lose a child, and it makes it so much worse to know your child took a life. We feel so bad for the other family," he said.

Outside Brenda Davila's Carmon Avenue residence Tuesday afternoon, her mother, Martha Davila, laid a single red rose on the concrete walkway leading from the sidewalk to the home.

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