Mother of slain soldier says she understands suspect was under stress . Quite a bit more from my understanding , '' Van Blargan said of the shooting suspect . Army sergeant is accused of killing five fellow service members in Baghdad . The mother said her son had been deployed to Iraq for a year and that he never complained about his job or the conditions there. Before shooting , soldier described suspect as `` nice guy '' with `` major issues ''
Mother of slain soldier says she understands suspect was under stress . Army sergeant is accused of killing five fellow service members in Baghdad . The mother said her son had been deployed to Iraq for a year and that he never complained about his job or the conditions there. Before shooting , soldier described suspect as `` nice guy '' with `` major issues ''