After Standoff Iraq Veteran Faces Charges

First question is, "Did he get diagnosed or was PTSD an assumption?" Next, it would be great to know if he was in treatment, on medication or plus using substances that have been known to cause "outbursts" like this. It is very rare for them to get this out of control, but it does happen.

Police: Wife in Ormond standoff recounts 'PTSD rage'
Man now faces additional charge of attempted murder
Daytona Beach News Journal
By Lyda Longa
Published: Thursday, September 17, 2015

An Ormond Beach father and husband was additionally charged Thursday with attempted second-degree murder after his wife described to police a horrific night of "PTSD rage."

Before barricading himself in his house for seven hours on Wednesday, Kevin Hamilton attacked his wife, threatened to kill his family and shoot himself in front of his crying 4-year-old son, police reports state.

Julie Hamilton recounted a night of violence and fear with Kevin Hamilton telling Ormond Beach police investigators that her spouse snapped after drinking rum and Fireball whiskey. The couple had been discussing a possible divorce or separation, but then began talking about salvaging their marriage, reports show.

The suspect, 36, suffers not only from post traumatic stress disorder from serving in the militiary in Iraq, but a neighbor who knows him well said Hamilton also suffered a brain injury in combat. Officials did not say in what branch of the military Kevin Hamilton served.
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