Neighbors say PTSD to blame in Standoff

There is something wrong with this report. Richard Hindaman is supposed to be 52. That's two years older than I am. I graduated high school in 1977. Vietnam was pretty much over in 1973, but there were still some events claiming lives until 1975. Is is possible he was involved in any of them at such a young age? Yes. Is it possible he served in other military campaigns after Vietnam? Yes. It is also possible that he is not really a Vietnam vet but claims to be one. This happens all the time. We don't know for sure but it would have been great if the reporters on this story managed to ask questions especially when they reported the man involved was a Vietnam veteran.

Neighbors say PTSD to blame in Standoff

Cheyenne - 8/19/2009

Saturday night, the entire 400 block of Cheyenne's 20th Street was shocked when a neighbor they believed to know so well pulled out a gun and held it in his next door neighbor's face.

Now, the family is speaking out on the reasons why 52 year old Richard Hindaman could have been driven to his breaking point.

Tim Cramb has been living next door to Hindaman for a year, and says Saturday night's altercation wasn't his first incident.

Hindaman is a vietnam veteran, and Cramb says has had flashback like episodes before.

Tim Cramb says, "He remembers what went on over there. Just a gunshot alone will set him off because he served in it."

Hindaman has not been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.
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