Navy Medic Iraq veteran with PTSD shot by police in Arizona

Suicidal man shot by police was veteran with PTSD
Posted: Jan 16, 2013
by Sam Salzwedel

TUCSON - A suicidal man shot by police was a veteran receiving treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, according to his parents.

Dustin Wernli, 30, called 911 Tuesday night saying he wanted an officer to shoot him, according to the Tucson Police Department.

Officers talked to Wernli for about 15 minutes when he pulled a gun and an officer lethally shot him, according to TPD.

Wernli was a Navy medic who was deployed with the Marine Corps in Iraq, according to his father.

He suffered a brain injury from an explosion in 2004. He was receiving treatment from the VA hospital for PTSD, according to Wernli's father.

A veteran commits suicide every 20 minutes, according to Dan Ranieri with La Frontera Arizona.
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