DeJesus v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs

DIAMOND, District Judge.

On March 23, 1999, Alejandro DeJesus, Sr. shot and killed his children, Alejandro, Jr. and Felicia (ages eighteen and seven), and their friends, Michael and Aaron Faulk (ages sixteen and fourteen), and then committed suicide. The Veterans Administration Medical Center in Coates-ville, Pennsylvania had been treating Mr. DeJesus since 1997 for severe mental problems — including Intermittent Explosive Disorder — drug addiction, and domestic abuse. The VA’s medical records underscored that Mr. DeJesus was a severely disturbed, unstable individual who was likely to commit…