Suspect in post office shooting, Iraq Veteran needs mental care

Mother: Suspect in post office shooting needs mental care
12:34 AM, Dec. 7, 2011

Written by
Scott Johnson

"He served tours in Kosovo and Bosnia in addition to his tour in Iraq"

The mother of a man ac­cused of opening fire at Mont­gomery's main post office Thursday evening said her son belongs in psychiatric care, not in the county jail.

Willa L. Darby said her son, Arthur Lee Darby Jr., spent a year serving in Iraq and has since re- ceived regular treat­ment for post- traumatic stress disorder.

Willa Darby said her son was diagnosed with the condition shortly after returning from a tour of duty in Iraq in 2005.

Arthur Darby, 29, is charged with two counts of attempted murder and is being held on $1 million bond after being ar­rested Thursday at the post of­fice on Winton Blount Boule­vard.
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