Army: Colo. soldier back from Iraq killed wife, self

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DENVER (AP) — A soldier who returned from Iraq nine days earlier apparently shot and killed his wife and then himself at their home near Fort Collins, Army officials said Thursday.

The couple's 8-month-old child was in the care of a neighbor, who reported hearing gunshots at about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, said Eloise Campanella, a spokeswoman for the Larimer County sheriff. Investigators had not determined a motive.

Sherwood had returned from Iraq on July 25 after spending nearly a year there and was on leave at the time of the shootings, McNutt said.
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[CTyankee]

1. this is bad

what a tragedy. It seems to be a horrible sociological situation, but who knows what the details are. I feel such sympathy for the family. It seems that our empire based policy affects people at the local level in such a terrible way: take them off to foreign lands to be soldiers and then spring them back into our society without any support. What in the hell are we doing to these people?