A 41 year old that couldn’t take responsibility for his actions. Update to this previous story.
Via My San Antonio Express-News:
The Air Force squadron commander killed Friday in a murder-suicide at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s Medina Annex “went out swinging” after a confrontation in his office, sacrificing himself to save a non-commissioned officer, a veteran airman said.
In a message on the social media Facebook, Chief Master Sgt. Matthew Nugent said that Lt. Col. William “Bill” Schroeder, commander of the 342nd Training Squadron, was killed in Forbes Hall by a “disgruntled” technical sergeant who was facing a disciplinary hearing.
The building used to train airmen for such tasks as Tactical Air Control Parties, or TACPs, who call in close-air support for ground troops.
The Air Force identified Schroeder, 39, a veteran special operations commander originally from Ames, Iowa as the victim of the attack. The shooter was identified as Technical Sgt. Steven D. Bellino, 41, of Parma Heights, Ohio.
The assailant, Technical Sgt. Steven D. Bellino, was a former FBI agent and Army veteran of Iraq who joined the Air Force to become a pararescuer. He went AWOL after failing a water endurance test.
A brief statement from Brig. Gen. Trent Edwards, commander of the 37th Training Wing, described Schroeder as “an amazing airman, father and husband,” and asked airmen not to speculate about the incident on social media.
A separate account of the incident, posted Saturday morning in a blog posted on the internet and later pulled because of complaints, said that the technical sergeant had been with a senior NCO prior to the shooting. When the assailant, armed with two Glock handguns, produced a weapon, Schroeder told the senior NCO, a first sergeant, to run.
HT: Brock