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May 17th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
Due to concerns over Russell’s mental state, his commanding officer had
ordered about a week before the shooting that his weapon be confiscated and
that he get counselling.
After pleading guilty last month, Russell gave an account of the killings for
the first time. The victims were three soldiers receiving care at the clinic
and two medical officers.
“I just did it out of rage, sir,” he told the military judge,
Colonel David Conn, describing how he walked from room to room firing at
mental health workers and patients.
“I was upset. I do not remember being angry, but I know that everyone who
witnessed me outside the combat stress clinic said I looked angry,” the
Los Angeles Times quoted him as saying.
Edited by Steve Wilson for telegraph.co.uk
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