Fort Campbell Sgt. says shooting at Garden of the Gods was a mistake

Soldier calls shooting at Garden of the Gods 'a big mistake'
The Gazette
By Dave Philipps
June 5, 2013

Bougades joined the Army in 2006 and served 15 months in Iraq, then four in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division based in Fort Campbell, Ky., and earned three Army commendation medals for heroism.

Between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Monday morning residents on the southern edge of Garden of the Gods woke to sporadic, rapid gunfire. Some hit the floor. Others peered out windows at the constant muzzle flashes as they pleaded for the police to arrive.

Colorado Springs police swept in with body armor and assault rifles and emerged from the brush with Brandon Bougades, a 31-year-old decorated, two-tour Army sergeant who is in the last stages of medical retirement after being hit by multiple bomb blasts in Afghanistan. Police ticketed Bougades for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct for firing approximately 150 pistol and shotgun rounds in the park, then released him.

Tuesday, Bougades told The Gazette he was diagnosed by the Army with a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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