Desmond inquiry: psychiatrist says stressors caused relapses for soldier with PTSD toronto.citynews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from toronto.citynews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted: Feb 19, 2021 9:14 AM AT | Last Updated: February 19
On Jan. 3, 2017, veteran Lionel Desmond shot and killed his wife, daughter, mother and then himself in a home in Guysborough County, N.S. An inquiry into the deaths continued on Friday. (Dave Irish/CBC)
Sheldon Borden still speaks highly of Lionel Desmond, calling him a big brother, despite the tragedy that happened in the Borden family home after the Afghanistan veteran walked in on Jan. 3, 2017, carrying a rifle.
That evening, Desmond burst into the house in Upper Big Tracadie a community in Guysborough County, N.S. and shot his wife, Shanna, his 10-year-old daughter Aaliyah, his mother, Brenda, and then himself.
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PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — While serving in Afghanistan in 2007, Cpl. Lionel Desmond was well liked among the members of his platoon, mainly because of his goofy sense of humour."He was very funny," . . .