PTSD Iraq Veteran Attempted Suicide in Police Parking Lot

This proves that for all the other bills, for all the other promises, for all the other claims made over the last decade, the veterans are suffering and paying for failures with their lives!

Veteran Attempts Suicide at Floresville Police Station
News 4 San Antonio
By EMILY BAUCUM
January 14, 2015

A tragic situation in Floresville underscores that the suicide rate among veterans is still alarmingly high. - The Floresville Police chief says a veteran attempted suicide in the parking lot of the police station.

News 4 typically does not report on suicides or suicide attempts, but it's estimated 22 veterans a day take their own life and experts say we as a community and as a nation need to pay attention. In downtown Floresville, a light rain drenches the ground like tears after what happened Tuesday evening.

The police chief says an Iraq war veteran from Devine fired four rounds into the air and then shot himself in the chest. He was taken to the hospital. Inside his car, officers found a note. The veteran wrote he contemplated taking his own life because he feels he's not getting the help he needs from the Veterans Administration to treat his PTSD.

"This demonstrates that there is a problem," Dr. Harry Croft says. He's a San Antonio-based combat PTSD expert.
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