Police shooting of PTSD Gulf War Veteran Stanley Gibson to be examined

Family of slain veteran still wants to see someone held accountable
Police shooting of Stanley Gibson to be examined in revamped process
Las Vegas Sun
By Conor Shine
Jackie Valley
Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

In the 14 months since Stanley Gibson was shot and killed by Metro Police officers, Gibson’s family has struggled with unanswered questions.

What was Gibson, a 43-year-old Gulf War veteran allegedly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, doing out of the house that fateful December night when police approached him, his older brother Rudy asks. Why did a plan to remove Gibson from his vehicle with beanbag rounds and pepper spray end with him being shot seven times by police officer Jesus Arevalo? And why were police in such a hurry to end the standoff with the unarmed Gibson, whose vehicle was boxed in between two patrol cars?

“Why not give him another half an hour? The car wasn’t going to fly anywhere,” Rudy Gibson said.

“I’ve been running that in my mind over and over and over again. It doesn’t make any sense. … This never should have happened.”

The family’s quest for understanding has yielded lots of closed doors but few answers.
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Gulf War veteran Stanley Gibson's widow seeks justice