VA Employee Shot at Ohio VA Hospital

UPDATE

VA Offers Counseling To Employees, Veterans Following Shooting
DAYTON-- Following the active shooter incident at the Dayton VA Medical Center, Medical Director Glenn Costie said mental health treatment will be available to VA employee's and Veterans.

"I have post traumatic stress, and I really got some stress in there," said Gil Smith, a veteran who was evacuated from the scene.

Clinical Psychologist Bruce Kline says situations like Monday's events; FBI, Police, evacuations, and an active shooter, are the type to cause post traumatic stress. The disorder is difficult to treat.

"It's resistive to treatment because the events that cause it are so dramatic, so significant," said Kline.

"It's kind of sad because there are people here to get counseling for this very reason and I'm just sad for them that this is going to trip off like PTSD," said Robin Crossley who was at the VA Monday and was evacuated.

Kline said the active shooter situation can make people already suffering from PTSD retreat into isolation.

1 employee hurt in Ohio veterans hospital shooting
Associated Press
By LISA CORNWELL
May 5, 2014

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A Veterans Affairs hospital employee and a retired worker were struggling over a gun in a break room Monday when the firearm went off, leading to the employee's shooting and the retiree's arrest, police said.

The victim, a 61-year-old man, was shot once in the ankle, said Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl. The suspect, Neil Moore, 59, was taken into custody after seeking psychiatric treatment at a different hospital a few miles away, Biehl said.

"Somehow he was able to get from here to there," the chief said.

The suspect and victim apparently knew each other, but it was too soon to determine what led to the shooting, Biehl said. Authorities said there were three witnesses to the shooting.

Moore worked in housekeeping before retiring, said Glenn Costie, chief executive of the hospital. He did not have any other details about Moore's employment history.
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