Fort Bliss
Ky. Family Sues Over 2009 Shooting Death Of Teen Son At Fort Bliss
Original Post Date: 21st Oct, 2010 - 1:14pm
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The family of a teenager killed during a shooting at a post in Texas has sued the U.S. Government claiming the military was negligent in diagnosing and treating the alleged shooter. Renee Richardson of Louisville, whose 18-year-old son, Ezra Gerald Smith, died in the April 24, 2009, shootings at Fort Bliss, filed suit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Louisville seeking $8.75 million in damages. Richardson claims that the Army missed multiple warning signs that Spc. Gerald Polanco was suffering from numerous psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Polanco, a military police soldier with the 1st Armored Division, was charged with murder but ruled incompetent to stand trial by a military judge a few months later…
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