Last week, Adam Purinton, a Navy veteran submariner, shot Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, Alok Madasani, 32, and Ian Grillot in a bar in Olathe, Kansas. Kuchibhotla died in the shooting. After the incident Purinton drove 70 miles to Henry County, Missouri and told a bartender at the local Applebee’s restaurant that he had just shot two Iranians. Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani are in fact Indians (dot not feather) who were employed by Garmin, the GPS people.<\/p>\n
From the Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n Andy Berthelsen, a neighbor of Purinton’s for the past 15 years, told the AP that Purinton had become “a drunken mess” after his father’s death about 18 months ago. He said he doesn’t believe the shooting stemmed from hatred, and that it likely resulted from Purinton’s physical and mental deterioration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Initially, police authorities told reporters that they didn’t think that Purinton’s Navy service contributed to PTSD thus causing him to shoot what he perceived as Iranians. I’m not sure how many submariners have contact with Iranians, anyway. But, you know, reporters are just so accustomed to blaming veterans’ PTSD for their bad behavior, they just can’t let it go, according to Fox 4<\/a>;<\/p>\n When asked by reporters about the gun used in the shooting, the argument that led up to the shooting, or whether Purinton, a Navy veteran, suffered possible PTSD, the prosecutors and investigators said they could not comment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Alcoholism can’t account for bad behavior, but PTSD fits nicely into the media’s narrative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"