Iraq Vets & PTSD: After the fact reporting !
Iraq War Vet Arrested in Vegas Killing — (08/15/2005)
LAS VEGAS (AP) _ An Iraq war veteran is being held on murder charges in Las Vegas.
Authorities say Matthew Sepi was carrying an assault rifle on his way to buy beer early Sunday when he killed a woman and injured a man.
The 20-year-old says he was ambushed, and reacted in keeping with military training: engage targets and retreat.
But police have not been able to make out exactly what happened.
The army says the soldier was honorably discharged in May. His mother says he's been trying to get help for post-traumatic stress disorder
as it relates to the Big Country and Returning Soldiers....
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