Marine Survived Afghanistan and 177 Police Bullets in Texas

Despite attempt at ‘suicide by cop,’ only one of 177 police bullets hit Marine veteran 
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BY ZEKE MACCORMACK
JUNE 4, 2015

A jury Thursday sentenced him to 10 years in prison despite testimony from three men who served with him in Afghanistan that he deserved a second chance. Valdez himself took the stand, apologized to police and his family and said he had intended to hurt nobody but himself.

BOERNE — A troubled war vet who fired shots during a confrontation with police while robbing a Fredericksburg convenience store — he later called it an attempted suicide by cop — admitted guilt and is asking a jury here to assess his punishment.

Officers fired 177 bullets during the melee, but Victor A. Valdez, 25, escaped the Dec. 18, 2013 incident with a minor buttock wound, according to testimony this week.

Police unleashed the firepower when Valdez, a former Marine lance corporal with post traumatic stress disorder from his service in Afghanistan, fired through the store’s front window after more than two hours of telephone negotiations broke down. read more here