LI sees suicides among military service members, vets
Former Army Spc. Daniel Stea III killed himself two years after returning home from combat tour in Iraq. His mother, Mary, discusses his death in the context of an increase in suicides by returning soldiers. Videojournalist: John Paraskevas (Feb. 20, 2013) (March 16, 2013 10:42 PM)
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Former Army Spc. Daniel Stea III, who returned from an Iraq combat tour in 2010, got a Texas gun permit while he was stationed at Fort Hood, purchased a .45 caliber pistol and brought it to Long Island when he moved into his father's Commack home.
On Oct. 1, Stea barricaded himself in his bedroom with a couch, held the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. His father heard the report, forced...
