3 Tour Iraq veteran, "getting out on anxiety disorder" charged with shooting rampage

Two people dead, two innocent people killed and another one wounded, but that is not the only part of this story. Wonder what would have happened if this three tour Iraq veteran had been treated properly for his own wound? Wonder if he would have gone into "combat mode" if he had been given the right treatment by the DOD instead? Wonder what the families of the two dead could have been spared, or the wounded's family or even this soldier's family? Well, I have news for you. Until we finally make sure no one else gets away with the way they are treating wounded men and women in the military, this will keep happening and this war will be here for many, many more years. If it hasn't been enough for this country to demand proper treatment for them, just for their sake alone, then think of the innocent people also suffering now because we didn't~

Fellow Soldier Says Shooting Suspect Was In 'Combat Mode'
Posted: 12:53 pm EDT April 8, 2009
Updated: 5:32 pm EDT April 8, 2009

A fellow soldier said the man suspected of killing two people Monday suffered from flashbacks and was in "combat mode."

Nicholas Horner, 28, is charged in connection with the shooting deaths of two people in Altoona, a high school student working at a Subway restaurant and a man who was out getting his mail.

Horner, an Iraq War veteran, is also accused of wounding a third person during the rampage Monday afternoon in Altoona.

The suspect was living in Altoona and is a 1999 graduate of Conemaugh Valley High School in Cambria County. Police said he was arrested last month in Cresson and is awaiting a hearing there on counts of driving under the influence and possessing drug paraphernalia.

A fellow soldier who would not give his name said he has been friends with the suspect since 2006. He said Horner was a "family guy" who loved his wife and was a proud father.

On video from his MySpace.com page, Horner wrote about being back in Johnstown after three tours in Iraq. Horner said, "I think the Army may have broke me. I'm getting out on anxiety disorder but the doctors don't want to call it that."

Horner's friends said that during Horner's third trip overseas, he called to talk about flashbacks he was having from his first two tours. The friend said he knew the situation was bad when other soldiers in Iraq started calling him as well.

"A buddy of his that's a squad leader called me one time and said 'Your boy isn't doing too good over here.' They had to take his weapon a couple of times because he almost opened fire on what he thought was threats," the friend said.
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