>> Anchor: TERRIFYING TRAFFIC
STOP.
SQUARING OFF, HIGHLY DRAINED
DECORATED WAR VETERAN THAT
STRESS DISORDER.
AND LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS ARMED
WITH GUNS AND TASERS.
>> TASE HIM.
>>Anchor: WELL, THE
CONFRONTATION ENDS WITH A TRIP
TO THE HOSPITAL AND JAIL.
DEFENDER KEVIN DIETZ HAS
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO AND INTERVIEW
WITH THAT VETERAN THAT HOPES
THIS INCIDENT LEADS TO PTSD
TRAINING FOR ALL OFFICERS.
HE IS A LOCAL VETERAN SHOT AT
PLENTY OF TIMES ON BATTLEFIELD
OVERSEAS WHILE SERVING HIS
COUNTRY.
NOW BACK HOME ON STREETS OF
METRO DETROIT.
HE IS TASED AND BLOODIED BY
SUBURBAN POLICE OFFICERS.
BULLETS FLY.
BODIES FALL.
WAR IS HELL.
THOUSANDS HAVE DIED IN AMERICAN
WARS, TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE
HAVE COME HOME INJURED.
SOME PHYSICALLY.
SOME MENTALLY.
MARINE KIRK KNOWS ABOUT WAR.
CREDITS THIS FLAG FOR SURVIVAL
DURING TOURS IN THREE COUNTRIES.
>> I CARRIED IF SOMETHING EVER
WITH THE U.S. FLAG.
>> Reporter: WITH FLAG TUCKED
BY THE HEART MARINE SAW DEATH ON
THE BATTLEFIELD.
SEE.
I HAVE DONE THINGS SOME PEOPLE,
IF I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT STUFF,
IN THE STATE SIDE I WOULD BE IN
PRISON.
YOUR CHEST.
>> Reporter: HE CARRIED HIS
FRIEND'S DEAD BODIES BACK TO
SAFE ZONES SO THEY COULD HAVE
PROPER BURIALS.
>> THEY SAID WE PICK UP OUR OWN
BUT WE DO NOT PICK UP THE ENEMY.
>> Reporter: HE HAS METALS TO
PROVE IT FOR SERVICE IN KOREA,
TERROR.
HE IS A REAL HERO WITH A BAD
NIGHT ON THE STREETS OF VAN
BUREN TOWNSHIP.
>> DROP THE KEYS MAN.
>> SHOOT ME.
>> GET UP YOUR HANDS RIGHT NOW.
ROLLOVER ON YOUR STOMACH.
BACK ON THE GROUND.
>> SHOOT ME.
>> TASE HIM.
HIT HIM.
>> DIAGNOSED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER.
MAKE NO MISTAKE HE WAS IN THE
WRONG HERE.
COMBATIVE.
NOT TAKING ORDERS.
LUCKY THE VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP
HIM.
SHAYHAN ADMITS THAT.
ASSAULT.
BUT SAID THIS TERRIBLE INCIDENT
SHOULD BE A CALL TO ACTION FOR
FIRST RESPONDERS TO BE TRAINED
ON HOW TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE
DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD.
COMBAT.
I SUFFERED ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO
16 CONCUSSIONS.
>> Reporter: LOUD NOISES
CONFINED SPACES ARE SOME OF THE
TRIG THEORIES CAUSE A FLASHBACK
FOR SHAYHAN.
BATTLEFIELD.
>> MY HEART IS RACING.
MY THROAT IS WAY UP HERE.
I CANNOT BREATHE.
I JUST START TO PANIC.
I HAVE PANIC ATTACK.
>> Reporter: WHEN IT HAPPENS
HIS WIFE MELISSA CALMLY REMINDS
HIM HE IS HOME AND SAFE.
>> TRY TO BE THERE FOR HIM.
FOR WHEN HE DOES HAVE A
FLASHBACK TO TRY TO HELP HIM
HEY YOU ARE SAFE.
YOU ARE HOME.
>> Reporter: MELISSA HAS
EPISODES.
COUPLE HOPES THIS VIDEO
CONVINCES POLICE THAT PTSD
TRAINING IS GOOD FOR EVERYONES
SAFETY.
>> ALWAYS AFTER THE FACT.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.
>> Reporter: SHAHAN HAD A
MILITARY LICENSE PLATE THAT SAID
VETERAN.
MARKINGS.
THERE WERE SIGNS FOR POLICE TO
RECOGNIZE HIM AS A VETERAN AND
THAT THIS MAY BE A PTSD CASE.
IF POLICE HAD TRAINING.
DIFFERENTLY.
VIOLENT DANGEROUS ARREST MAY
HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
>> AN OFFICER SHOULD APPROACH AN
INDIVIDUAL THAT SUFFERS FROM
PTSD WITH A CALM DEMEANOR.
IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH SOME SORT
OF BOND OR TRUST.
>> Reporter: NO OFFICER WANTS
TO KILL A WAR VETERAN DURING A
TRAFFIC STOP.
IN MICHIGAN THERE IS NO REQUIRED
PTSD TRAINING FOR POLICE.
SHAYHANS SAID FIRST RESPONDERS
DESERVE TOBHANDLED.
>> TALK TO THE PEOPLE.
THEY ARE SAFE.
THEY ARE HOME.
>> Reporter: AS SERIES
CONTINUES TOMORROW NIGHT 5:00.
DEFENDERS TEAM UP WITH DR. FRANK
MCGEORGE TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE
ISSUE OF PTSD AND WE WANT TO
HEAR FROM YOU.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL PAGE ON OUR
WEBSITE, CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
STORIES.
TAB.
>> Anchor: ALREADY.
YOU HAVE TO HELP.
SOME WAY.
BECAUSE IT IS A MENTAL ILLNESS
TALK ABOUT.
>> Anchor: GET THAT
COMMUNICATION OUT THERE.
KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND AN
AWARENESS AND TODAY IS PTSD
AWARENESS DAY.
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND