Veteran killed by police had just been to the Memphis VA

Veteran shot, killed by Germantown police had PTSD, friend says

Jennifer Pignolet , Samantha Bryson
2:33 PM, Jul 17, 2014
59 mins ago

Two days after Germantown Police shot and killed 24-year-old Army veteran Justin Neil Davis, details emerged about his life and the night he died, as questions about his treatment at the Memphis VA Hospital remain unanswered.

Willie Logan, spokeswoman for the Memphis VA, said she was still working to determine how much information she could release about Davis.

“He was a veteran receiving care at the Memphis VA,” Logan said.

McNeal Vallandinghan, who attended Houston High School with Davis and also served in the military, said Davis had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and took medications for PTSD and to help him sleep.

Vallandinghan said he was the last one to talk to Davis before the police arrived at Cameron Brown Park around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday and found Davis in his car with a rifle. He said Davis told him he had been at the VA about 6:30 p.m. to have an MRI on his back, and that while he was there, told a VA employee he was having suicidal thoughts before he left.

Vallandinghan said he had spoken to Davis before the VA appointment, but Davis didn’t mention having suicidal thoughts until after the MRI.
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