Posted on 04/16/2010 12:23:41 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian
DAYTON — A 27-year-old Army veteran shot and killed himself at the front steps of the Dayton Veterans Administration Medical Center just hours after he had been in the center’s emergency room.
Jesse C. Huff, address unknown, was wearing full military fatigues and was armed with a military-style rifle, which he used to shoot himself in the head about 5:45 a.m. Friday, April 16, police said.
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I visited a plant today and found the whole place in the dumps. A 30 year worker was found hanged yesterday, a tax day suicide
They were really feeling bad
I totally agree.
I thought I would drop dead of disease just walking in that filthy place in Seattle.
They had me come there 3-4 times where I waited for hours to be told at the end that they were denying me.
I would have been happy if they had just given me something to give my insurance company so that they could bill back the government for the related care.
Freaking Government, even when I was in the Navy skipped out on an emergency room visit that was caused by the injury when I was away from base.
It went on my credit report and I ended up paying for it because the government wouldn’t paid even after I requested them to pay at least 6 times.
Government sucks. And now you know how the US Navy turned a Democrat into a Republican.
Was he being treated with SSRIs?
Huff entered the Army April 15, 2003 as an infantryman and was promoted to the rank of specialist in 2005 before being discharged on June 15, 2007, said Army spokesman Wayne Hall. - Source: Google News (AP)
Simmons said she could not share any of Huff's medical information or say how long he had been a patient at the center. - Source: Google News (AP)
Do you guys know what the veteran suicide rate is?
I’m not gonna say it, you won’t believe it. And it’s going up.
Google it. And pray for us.
—ExIntrepid
OK I’ll cut the guy a break...This is sad beyond words. My heart aches for him.
Might not be hard to do with a semi-auto rifle. The second shot could have been reflexive.
Damn.
But, upon being mustered out of the service, why don't we give every veteran a paid-up healthcare policy -- which would allow them to be treated anywhere?...
Hillarys Gate Cult ~ ...Your solution makes perfect sense so you will never see it enacted...
From your lips to 0bama's overly large ears.
Eliminate all VA care and place all the veterans on 0bama care.
What's not to like?
What's not to like?
Well, that's not quite what I had in mind...
Citizen, the government will tell you what you had in mind, should it ever decide to let you have anything in mind.
Sad. RIP.
He picked the perfect time to leave this world. He will never witness all that he fought for and everything he cared about get destroyed forever.
What is the point of staying just to watch a real life horror show?
Nothing sad about it. The dead are to be envied. They won’t witness what comes next in this forsaken cesspool.
Tears in my ol’eyes,,,
From what I’ve read if we last 5 years out of combat there
is a chance for us to have some kind of life after
the Military,,,
I had a dear friend that was in that company bayonet charge
by B-1/26 to go get the bodys of Marines that were killed
2 weeks before outside the wire at Khe Sanh in 68’,,,
Every time I saw him with that “1,000 yard stare” and
tears running down his face I would just grab him and
give him a head~butt ,,,
Yell in his face “Suck It Up Marine!!!”,,,Made him grin,,,
He shot himself back in 75’...
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