Man arrested in California ramming crash that injured eight people was Iraq war vet who suffered from PTSD, his mother told ABC.
The man arrested on suspicion of deliberately running down eight people, including two children, with his car in Northern California is a former Army Reserve sharpshooter who came home from a tour of duty in Iraq suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, his mother told ABC News.
"Having him in jail is not where he should be. He needs to be treated," Peoples' mother, Leevell Peoples of Sacramento, told ABC News on Thursday.Citing witness statements, Jim Choi of the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety said Peoples' car did not appear to slow down or attempt to brake before it hit pedestrians in the crosswalk and on the sidewalk around 6:30 p.m.
Ngo confirmed that Peoples, the son of a minister who died in 2011, was on his way to a Bible study class when he allegedly drove into the crowd. He said Peoples had picked up food for the class and was on his way to deliver it when the crash unfolded. Leevell Peoples told ABC News that her son was discharged from the military, in part, because he had PTSD. The military would not comment on her claim.
"He was walking down the street and he thought he was in Iraq, and he picked up a rock and he threw it and it hit a window," she said."When I got to the hospital, he was asking the person who was guarding him at the hospital, 'How many people were killed today?' And she said, 'Nobody was killed today.' He said, 'I heard all the gunshots,'" the mother said.
"Two weeks ago we were on the phone and I said, 'Are you still taking your medication?' And he said, 'Yes.' And I said, 'Yeah, that's good.' I said, 'You have to take that the rest of your life now.' He said, 'I know,'" she said.
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