Another PTSD Vet shot by police

Family of Matthew Speese, shot by officer, says he suffered from 'post traumatic stress disorder'
Published: Thursday, June 02, 2011,
By John Tunison
The Grand Rapids Press

In the statement released through a funeral home, family members said they mourn his loss and described him as a "proud veteran marine" who served during the Gulf War.

MONTCALM COUNTY -- In a statement released this afternoon, the family of the 47-year-old Howard City man shot and killed by an officer said he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Matthew Speese, shot by officer

Updated: Officer-Involved Shooting
MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A Montcalm County man is dead following a stand-off with police.

Officers were called out to 47-year-old Matthew Speese's home near Howard City just after 5:00 pm Wednesday. About two hours later, Speese was shot and killed.

Speece, an ex-Marine, was fatally shot by a deputy, but there are still a great many questions about how it happened.

A neighbor tells Newschannel 3 that he heard four to five shots fired, another neighbor says they heard indications that Speese had a few guns on hand when deputies arrived at his home in the woods on West Gates Road.

“He had come out with a long gun on his deck,” said neighbor Edward Haack, “and then he had a pistol and then he went upstairs to get a better view of what was going on outside.”
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Officer-Involved Shooting