Iraq vet gets 4 years for shooting at deputies

His brother, also served in Iraq and came home with the war inside of him. He committed suicide in 2003 when no one was talking about any of this.

Iraq vet gets 4 years for shooting at deputies
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jul 21, 2011 7:21:51 EDT
WINCHESTER, Ind. — A Marine veteran of the Iraq war has been sentenced to four years in prison for firing a shotgun at three sheriff's deputies in eastern Indiana.

A Randolph County judge accepted an agreement under which 27-year-old Andrew Ward of Farmland pleaded guilty to a felony charge of criminal recklessness and a misdemeanor battery charge.
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Iraq vet gets 4 years for shooting at deputies

In January, Andrew was getting help to heal.

PTSD on trial, Iraq veteran gets treatment

Iraq War veteran opens fire on police in Indiana
Associated Press
Posted on October 11, 2009 at 5:34 PM

LYNN, Ind. (AP) — An ex-Marine who served in Iraq has been charged with three counts of attempted murder of a police officer after firing on police.

Authorities say 26-year-old Andrew Ward of rural Lynn fired four shotgun blasts at three officers Friday night at a rural farm house. No officers were hurt.

After that weapon and another malfunctioned, officers used a stun gun to subdue Ward. He was being held without bond Sunday. He also faces preliminary charges of criminal recklessness, battery and intimidation.

Relatives say Ward was discharged from the Marines last month and is seeking disability veterans benefits for anxiety and post-traumatic-stress disorder. An older brother who also served in Iraq killed himself in 2003.

Lynn is about 65 miles east of Indianapolis.

So the headline reads he gets four years in prison but when other people have mental health problems, they don't go on trial and they don't go to jail. They get sent to get help because their troubled minds were not right at the time of the crime. Why was there only justice part way for this veteran?