A 52 year old Las Vegas lieutenant killed his wife and his son, then himself at their home. Police say that he called 911 saying he killed his wife and song, then called to say he was burning his house down and would take the life of anyone who tried to stop him. The lieutenant sat on his front porch and waited until the SWAT team showed up. When they arrived the lieutenant was standing outside with what appeared to be a handgun. The officers commanded him to drop the weapon, but instead he turned around and darted inside the blazing home. Once the firefighters had the fire gone, they searched the house for the bodies. Sadly they found his wife, who was 46 years old and use to work for the Las Vegas police department for a while, they found his elementary aged son, and of course he lieutenants body. They say that last year, 126 police officers killed themselves. In the past 2 years the recent study says that there were 143 in 2009, and 141 in 2008. It is a case of concern now. They tried to find the reasons for this tragedy, they interviewed his partner that he worked with, and he said there was nothing ever wrong, he was a hardworking man. He also said that after this, the memories he had with him means nothing more to him anymore.
This is a really sad story. It's one thing to take your life, but it's another to take others too. I wish their was a reason he had for doing this. I hope this story brightens peoples eyes that maybe not just marines and people who served in the war need psychiatric help, but many other like police officers. They don't see what others see everyday and it can eat them alive like it did to this guy. He just couldn't stand it anymore.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/justice/nevada-police-murder-suicide/index.html?hpt=us_c1
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