Iraq veteran shot after yelling at driver to slow down

Iraq War veteran served 3 tours, was wounded and has PTSD plus TBI. He is in the hospital again but this time, he was shot for yelling at a driver to slow down 3 blocks from home.

Antioch: Marine shot near home may have yelled at passing car
Mercury News
Contra Costa Times
By Karina Ioffee
POSTED: 08/04/2014

ANTIOCH -- The Iraq War veteran who survived three tours of duty only to be shot three blocks away from his house last Friday, may have yelled at a passing car, prompting someone in the vehicle to fire at him, a family friend said Monday.

Brandon Del Fiorentino, a 32-year-old Antioch resident, remains in serious but stable condition at a hospital, after being shot Friday night.

"He yelled at the car to slow down and they shot him," said Josie Monaghan, the founder and CEO of East County Veterans, an organization that offers counseling and support services for local veterans. "I'm mortified and just really upset. We shouldn't treat anyone like this, especially not someone who put his life on the line for his country."

For Del Fiorentino, who grew up in San Jose and enlisted in the Marines after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, moving to Antioch was a chance to start over. The veteran was gravely injured in 2004 by an explosive detonated by Iraqi insurgents and awarded the Purple Heart. But after the limelight faded, Del Fiorentino struggled with spine, brain and eye injuries and post-traumatic stress syndrome, even moving his family into his grandmother's home in Southern California for a time.
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