Father says Army’s stress center ‘broke’ soldier accused of killing 5 fellow troops in Baghdad

SHERMAN, Texas — The father of a U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow troops in Iraq said his son “forfeited his life” but the military bears some responsibility for the rampage.

Clinic official: Amarillo, Texas, psychiatrist among 5 killed in Iraq military stress center

AMARILLO, Texas — A Texas clinic official says a psychiatrist from Amarillo is among the five people shot to death at a military counseling center in Baghdad.

Navy officer, Md. enlisted man identified as 2 of those killed in Iraq military stress clinic

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Two men described as dedicated to helping their patients deal with psychological problems and a soldier from Maryland were among five people shot to death at military counseling clinic in Baghdad, officials and family said Tuesday.

Maryland mother says 19-year-old son among 5 killed in Iraq military stress clinic

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland woman says her son was among the five people shot to death at a military counseling clinic in Baghdad.

US Army opens mental health probe as soldier charged in killings of 5 comrades in Baghdad

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military command launched an investigation Tuesday into whether it offers adequate mental health care to its soldiers, a day after a sergeant finishing up his third tour of Iraq allegedly shot and killed five comrades at a clinic on a U.S. base.

Accused soldier’s father says son ‘broke’ before 5 people were fatally shot in Iraq

SHERMAN, Texas — The Army sergeant accused of killing five fellow soldiers in Iraq was typically not a violent person, but counselors “broke” him before the gunfire erupted in a military stress center, his father said Tuesday.

Source: Solider in Baghdad shooting is on his third Army tour in Iraq, also served in Navy

WASHINGTON — The soldier charged in the deaths of fellow troops in Baghdad is on his third tour of duty in Iraq, according to his service record.

US files murder, assault charges in Baghdad soldier shootings

BAGHDAD — An Army sergeant who was due to leave Iraq soon after three tours has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the fatal shooting of five fellow soldiers at a military counseling clinic in Baghdad, a U.S. official said Tuesday. Sgt. John M. Russell was taken into custody outside the clinic following Monday’s shooting at Camp Liberty, said Maj. Gen. David Perkins. It was the deadliest case of soldier-on-soldier violence since the Iraq war began in 2003.