Nellis: Airman treated for PTSD before death

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Nellis: Airman treated for PTSD before death
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Feb 22, 2009 17:56:25 EST

LAS VEGAS — A Nellis Air Force Base airman involved in what police think is a murder-suicide was being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder after a tour in Iraq, base officials confirmed.

Jason Klinkenberg, 25, was receiving treatment in response to unspecified events that took place during a five-month tour in Iraq that ended in 2006, Capt. Amanda Ferrell said.

What role PTSD played in his death is still unknown, she told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Ferrell said there weren't any records of medals or awards in his file that would indicate he was injured during his tour.

Klinkenberg's death came Friday after a roughly two-hour standoff with police inside an apartment at the Craig Ranch Villas on Casa Norte Drive.


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