In my search for the article I found that another military member (Marine) was shot by police on July 4th, and that his PTS may have triggered an episode.
Police identify man killed by officer on Independence Day, may have been veteran with PTSD
http://www.jrn.com/kfdi/news/Unidentified-man-critical-after-southeast-Wichita-shooting-incident-265844501.html
Icarus Randolph, 26, was shot and killed by police at about 1:30 p.m. in southeast Wichita on Independence Day - after he went after an officer with a silver knife, said Wichita Police Deputy Chief Nelson Mosley.
Another victim of a VA waiting list apparently.
SWAT training and protocol is to consider currrent/former military (especially if from elite units) and current/former LEOs to be very high risk.
A tragic ending for all involved....a new round of PTSD unleashed.
I’m not a fan of police behavior these days, especially when it comes to the use of force. But, from what I’ve read about this case, I think that they did the right thing. I don’t know what issues this guy had, but when he starting firing a rifle in this scenario, he needed to go down. I know of a similar event when I was in Vietnam. The guy killed five soldiers before someone put an end to it with a bullet in his brain.
Sad but, predictable....
V A ping.
“...Sims emerged and pointed the rifle at officers. They fired.”
Sorry, I can’t blame them for that. Suicide by cop? This man was a trained solider, he knew perfectly well what would happen.