Standoff with combat veteran

Standoff with combat veteran ends peacefully in Appleton

APPLETON — A nearly 10-hour standoff between law officers and a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran of the Iraqi and Afghanistan wars with sniper and special operations experience ended peacefully withthe apprehension of the suspect shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday. (December 23, 2007)

This is not the first time something like this has happened and it won't be the last.

Updated at: 05/29/2007 11:23:48 PM
By: Justin Piehowski, Web Manager
Family says man was depressed prior to standoff
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota National Guard member killed in a standoff with police in central Minnesota was suicidal in the past, and initial reports indicated he was intoxicated and driving with a loaded shotgun on the morning of his death, authorities said Tuesday.
But Spc. Brian William Skold, 28, of Sauk Rapids, was also a caring person, who loved waterskiing, fishing and hunting, and drew people in with his outgoing personality.
"He had just a zest for life," said his sister, Jenny Trager. "People really liked him. I guess he would be what I would call a social butterfly. ... He enjoyed being with friends and family."
Skold served about a year in Iraq. Police weren't saying whether lingering effects from his deployment contributed to Sunday morning's incident along Interstate 94, in which he fled from authorities and fired at least one shot from a 12-gauge shotgun before police returned fire, killing him.
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Gulf War vet charged in standoff
September 29, 2006
By BILL BIRD staff writerBond was set Sept. 25 at $3 million for a Marine veteran charged with firing more than 100 bullets at police during a 10-hour standoff over the weekend in Bolingbrook.William D. "David" Linley faces a potential 240-year prison term if convicted of all eight felony charges against him.Linley, 41, was charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder of a police officer and six counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm at police officers, according to spokesmen for both Bolingbrook police and Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow. All the charges are Class X felonies, carrying mandatory terms of six to 30 years in prison upon conviction.Police took Linley into custody Sept. 23 after the standoff at his home at 130 Wethersfield Lane, in Bolingbrook's Hunters Trail subdivision east of Route 53.A Bolingbrook police marksman shot Linley in the arm shortly after midnight, after Linley allegedly sprayed his neighborhood with more than 100 shots from a .22-caliber rifle.
Multiple tours of dutyLinley was described as a troubled and lonely man by Gregory Morley, a fellow former Marine and freelance photographer from Bolingbrook.Morley said Linley is a native of the Flushing area of New York City who dropped out of high school in 1982 to join the Marine Corps.Linley was deployed to Lebanon following the Oct. 24, 1983, bombing of a Marine barracks there, Morley said. While en route, Linley instead became part of the group that rescued American college students in the liberation of Grenada, he said.Morley said Linley advanced to the rank of sergeant before being sent to Kuwait in 1990 during the Gulf War. He received an honorable discharge and worked a number of jobs in Virginia, Colorado, and Illinois before re-enlisting in the Marines and going to Iraq following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Morley said.
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