"He made it through the war zone and ends up getting killed here,"

Ex-soldier's death leaves Oregon family in shock
The Associated Press
Posted: 06/15/2012

His mother, Carol Kidder, disputes the police version of events, but she would not elaborate because she was advised by her lawyer not to speak about what she witnessed.


She said police need to be better trained in dealing with those suffering from PTSD.


"He made it through the war zone and ends up getting killed here," she said.

EAGLE POINT, Ore.—The family of an Eagle Point man who died this week following an altercation with police said he had served in Afghanistan and might have had post-traumatic stress disorder.

The mother and sister of Scott Chappell said he had been affected by what he went through during his military career.

"He would sometimes leave during a violent movie because he couldn't handle it," Cindy Chappell, his sister, told the Mail Tribune ( http://is.gd/6weGnt). "He didn't like to talk about it, but he did tell us that he saw people blown up over there."

Scott Chappell, 44, stopped breathing in the ambulance en route to the hospital Tuesday evening, and was pronounced dead at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford.

An investigation into his death remains active, and Eagle Point police said they will not comment until it's finished. Investigators hoped to have an autopsy completed this week, but tests for the presence of drugs or alcohol could take eight to 10 weeks.
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