EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A district attorney and the parents of a man paralyzed by Eugene police after a shooting in a mall parking lot say the man suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder related to his military service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Register-Guard reports that Lane County District Attorney Alex Gardner has said Eugene police officers were justified in shooting Michael Mason.
Mason’s mother says the Veteran’s Administration diagnosed him with post-traumatic stress disorder after a 2006 discharge.
Gardner says the 27-year-old Mason was in the throes of an episode related to his condition when he fired shots in a north Eugene mall parking lot. No one was injured.
