Officer's brother speaks out about murder-suicide

Officer's brother speaks out about murder-suicide
Brother says he never saw any sign of trouble
ABC News
By: Christian Schaffer
October 29, 2013

For the first time we're hearing from the brother of a Baltimore City police officer who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, a city firefighter, and then committed suicide.

The gunman, Chris Robinson, served in the Marines but he was never deployed in combat. His brother says he never saw any signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, or anything that might have led anyone to predict what happened early Sunday morning in Glen Burnie.

“He knew exactly what he was doing at all times so this is very much a shock.

Absolutely out of nowhere. Absolutely,” said his brother, Wayne Robinson.
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UPDATE

From The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore police officials said on Sunday there were "no indications that a military deployment was the cause of this incident" but promised an "immediate review" to see if more could be done to assist officers who have been deployed in the military when they return to civilian life.

Lt. Eric Kowalczyk, a Baltimore police spokesman, declined to clarify that statement on Monday. Lt. T.J. Smith, an Anne Arundel County police spokesman, said police would look into Robinson's past but declined to provide further updates on the investigation. He also declined to comment further on the gun used except that it was not Robinson's service weapon.

Robinson and Hartman had broken up a few months ago, family members said, and Robinson was having trouble moving on even as Hartman began dating Hoffman. Hartman's stepfather has said that Hartman's younger sister hid in a closet in Hoffman's home as Robinson opened fire on the couple.