Dr. Matthew Houseal one of the dead among Camp Liberty Shooting

Psychiatrist from Amarillo killed at Iraq clinic


AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A Texas clinic official says a psychiatrist from Amarillo is among the five people shot to death at a military counseling center in Baghdad.

The executive director of the Texas Panhandle Mental Health and Mental Retardation says the wife of Dr. Matthew Houseal (HOUSE'-eel) told him Tuesday that Houseal was among the dead.

Bud Schertler said Houseal had been at the Panhandle clinic for 12 years. He says Houseal had volunteered to go back to assist in Iraq and was called up for duty. He says Houseal was due to return to the clinic the first part of June.

He says Houseal was married and had six children.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Navy officer who spent his career helping service members deal with stress and a 19-year-old soldier from Maryland were among the five people shot to death at a military counseling clinic in Baghdad, family members and the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Cmdr. Charles Springle, 52, of Wilmington, N.C., was one of the victims of Monday's shooting, the Pentagon said. Shawna Machlinski, the mother of Pfc. Michael Edward Yates Jr., said two men from the Army came to her home on the Eastern Shore early Tuesday and said her son was also fatally wounded at the clinic by what they called "friendly fire."

One other officer and two enlisted soldiers also were among the dead, officials said, but their names have not been released.

Machlinski, who last spoke to her son on Mother's Day, said he had talked about the alleged shooter, 44-year-old Sgt. John M. Russell. She said he told her Russell was deeply angry at the military after three tours of duty in Iraq.
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Psychiatrist from Amarillo killed at Iraq clinic