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I would like to start out by sharing the most resent event that has taken place in my life I know this may be a bit long but hang with me. I will post a summery at the bottom of the page for anyone that does not want to read the whole story. please ignore my bad grammar.
On Jan 3 2017 I called the VA in Atlanta to ask why my medications have not been mailed to my house. I found out that my medication was still sitting at the VA, they had not mailed it out like I had asked them to do. I had no choice but to drive down there to pic them up since I had been out of my meds for 6 days and was not filling well.
I got it my girlfriends car and started driving to The VA on the way down there A black KIA soul with a single male driving cut me off in traffic. I was already upset about having to drive down there so I was not going to let this little incident bother me. After he cut me off he got back in the right lane and I pulled up beside hem at this point I looked over at hem shook my head and shrugged my shoulders.
Apparently that was enough to send hem over the edge, he started to get in front of my vehicle and slam on his brakes to try and make me hit hem. I finally got around hem and tried to speed up to get away from hem he kept following me for the next 10-15 miles. I got off the interstate at Clarmont ave (the road the VA is on) he got off behind me and kept pursuing me blowing his horn and flashing his lights the whole time. he pulled up next to me on the main road and that's the first time I saw a gun he had it out the drivers window of his car and it was pointed right at my head...
Instinct took over I jerked the wheel as hard as I could to the left (away from hem) keep in mind this is a busy 4 lane road in Atlanta how i did not hit oncoming traffic I do not know. I ended up in an apartment complex fearing for my life with no weapon to defend myself to make it worse I realize the apartment complex was a dead end. I looked back and now he was behind me again I tried to turn around before he tried to block me in. As I was turning he pointed his gun out the drivers window And fired one shot that went through the drivers door of my car and into my left leg.
I knew that I had been shot right away but I still had to get away from this Attempted Murderer. I called 911 as I continued to drive away I got back on the main road and he pulled up on my left side yelled something out his window made a u turn and got back on the interstate. I was on hold with 911 for over 5 min After realizing I would probably going to bleed out waiting on help I decided to drive myself to the VA emergence room.
I pulled up asked someone to help me out of the car and into the ER where they ran some blood work and gave me a Cat Scan. They DR told me the bullet missed my major artery by 2 millimeters if it would have went through that I would not have made it to the ER.
I gave the best description I could considering I had a gun pointed at me also I gave his license plate number to the police. come to find out the police were NO HELP at all They could not find a match to the tag number and when I asked for it back they could not find it. on top of that they charged me a $200 vehicle abandonment fee for leaving my car in the ER, but when my girlfriend got there they would not let her move the car. after I got out of the hospital my girlfriend's parents called the police Dept everyday to see if we could pick up the car they told them everyday NO! we finally got a letter in the mail on Jan 12 2017 saying we could come pick up the car. When we got to the lot the car was at they would not release the car to us until we paid $950 for storage and fees. We tried to call the police and see why they would not let us come get the car they gave us the run around and blamed the Wrecker company. we had to pay the money, thank god for my girlfriend's parents otherwise I could not have payed for it and they wanted $125 for each additional day.
when we got to the car around it did not look like the same car. The police had left all the lights on, which killed the battery and all the windows were down and they ransacked the car left the blood in the floorboard and throw away some of our personal items. It rained and snowed the whole week, so some stray cats got in the car and peed on everything inside the car. the smell was so bad and everything was ruined all we could do was throw everything away and get the car professionally cleaned. that still did not get everything out.
I would also like to give a summary of my Army Career and life after the Army. I was in the army from 2009-2012 I did most of my time in Germany in 2011-2012 I was deployed to Afghanistan Paktika east (a province right on the Pakistan border). I lost some friends and had a vary eventful deployment to put it lightly. I don't want to bother anyone with stories and situations that I am not comfortable with telling anyway.
I got out of the Army to spend time with my father who was battling cancer (osteosarcoma ) a rare form of bone cancer that is usually found in children. He was the most amazing man I hope I could be 1/2 the man he was. he was a pastor for a while then went on to find his true calling as a Alcohol and drug counselor where he helped a lot of people out. I got to spend 7 mouths with him before he passed away on Mar 6 2013 I would have liked to continue with my Army career but I would not trade that time With my dad for anything.
This was when my dad came to see me in Germany he was always up for anything fun and crazy!!
I had a girlfriend at the time that helped me get through those trying times. Later that year After dating a while I asked her to marry me (she said yes) that was at the end of 2013. the first week of Jan 2014 she was vary sick and never got better she passed away as well on Jan 8 2014 form Marfan's Syndrome . with the death of my dad still relatively fresh in my mind and now my fiance... it was a vary dark time in my life.
I turned to drinking like some vets do. that was one of the worst mistakes of my life. I got A DUI and hurt the people I loved the most in my life. I blamed myself for everything from my army buddy's death to my dad and to my fiance. I finally saw what i was doing to myself and my loved ones and I will NEVER go down that road again. I have not had a drink in over a year now and I fill much better and I will never put my family through that again.
SUMMERY
I wanted to share really just the tip of the iceberg, and all the odds that have been stacked up against me. from deployment and everything that comes with that to the deaths in the last 3 years, my dad, my fiance, my grandfather, my army buddy taking his own life. then battling an alcohol addiction and making it out to the other side. then I get shot trying to drive to the VA to get my medicine. The man responsible for the shooting has not been caught. and I know its a long shot but if anyone has any info please let me or the police know.
I greatly need a break in life, I have always been too proud to ask for help but I desperately need help now.
I am asking for your help. and that is very hard for me to do, I have never done anything like this before and if I had the money I would never ask The reasons I am asking for help are as follows.
1. I need help with my medical bills its been hard I have not been able to work.
2. And I would like to get a new door for my girlfriend's car so she does not have to think about it every time she sees the car
3. day to day bills are stacking up faster then I can keep up with right now. those are the main things on my mind right now.
Me and my girlfriend about week before I got shot.
On Jan 3 2017 I called the VA in Atlanta to ask why my medications have not been mailed to my house. I found out that my medication was still sitting at the VA, they had not mailed it out like I had asked them to do. I had no choice but to drive down there to pic them up since I had been out of my meds for 6 days and was not filling well.
I got it my girlfriends car and started driving to The VA on the way down there A black KIA soul with a single male driving cut me off in traffic. I was already upset about having to drive down there so I was not going to let this little incident bother me. After he cut me off he got back in the right lane and I pulled up beside hem at this point I looked over at hem shook my head and shrugged my shoulders.
Apparently that was enough to send hem over the edge, he started to get in front of my vehicle and slam on his brakes to try and make me hit hem. I finally got around hem and tried to speed up to get away from hem he kept following me for the next 10-15 miles. I got off the interstate at Clarmont ave (the road the VA is on) he got off behind me and kept pursuing me blowing his horn and flashing his lights the whole time. he pulled up next to me on the main road and that's the first time I saw a gun he had it out the drivers window of his car and it was pointed right at my head...
Instinct took over I jerked the wheel as hard as I could to the left (away from hem) keep in mind this is a busy 4 lane road in Atlanta how i did not hit oncoming traffic I do not know. I ended up in an apartment complex fearing for my life with no weapon to defend myself to make it worse I realize the apartment complex was a dead end. I looked back and now he was behind me again I tried to turn around before he tried to block me in. As I was turning he pointed his gun out the drivers window And fired one shot that went through the drivers door of my car and into my left leg.
I knew that I had been shot right away but I still had to get away from this Attempted Murderer. I called 911 as I continued to drive away I got back on the main road and he pulled up on my left side yelled something out his window made a u turn and got back on the interstate. I was on hold with 911 for over 5 min After realizing I would probably going to bleed out waiting on help I decided to drive myself to the VA emergence room.
I pulled up asked someone to help me out of the car and into the ER where they ran some blood work and gave me a Cat Scan. They DR told me the bullet missed my major artery by 2 millimeters if it would have went through that I would not have made it to the ER.
I gave the best description I could considering I had a gun pointed at me also I gave his license plate number to the police. come to find out the police were NO HELP at all They could not find a match to the tag number and when I asked for it back they could not find it. on top of that they charged me a $200 vehicle abandonment fee for leaving my car in the ER, but when my girlfriend got there they would not let her move the car. after I got out of the hospital my girlfriend's parents called the police Dept everyday to see if we could pick up the car they told them everyday NO! we finally got a letter in the mail on Jan 12 2017 saying we could come pick up the car. When we got to the lot the car was at they would not release the car to us until we paid $950 for storage and fees. We tried to call the police and see why they would not let us come get the car they gave us the run around and blamed the Wrecker company. we had to pay the money, thank god for my girlfriend's parents otherwise I could not have payed for it and they wanted $125 for each additional day.
when we got to the car around it did not look like the same car. The police had left all the lights on, which killed the battery and all the windows were down and they ransacked the car left the blood in the floorboard and throw away some of our personal items. It rained and snowed the whole week, so some stray cats got in the car and peed on everything inside the car. the smell was so bad and everything was ruined all we could do was throw everything away and get the car professionally cleaned. that still did not get everything out.
I would also like to give a summary of my Army Career and life after the Army. I was in the army from 2009-2012 I did most of my time in Germany in 2011-2012 I was deployed to Afghanistan Paktika east (a province right on the Pakistan border). I lost some friends and had a vary eventful deployment to put it lightly. I don't want to bother anyone with stories and situations that I am not comfortable with telling anyway.
I got out of the Army to spend time with my father who was battling cancer (osteosarcoma ) a rare form of bone cancer that is usually found in children. He was the most amazing man I hope I could be 1/2 the man he was. he was a pastor for a while then went on to find his true calling as a Alcohol and drug counselor where he helped a lot of people out. I got to spend 7 mouths with him before he passed away on Mar 6 2013 I would have liked to continue with my Army career but I would not trade that time With my dad for anything.
This was when my dad came to see me in Germany he was always up for anything fun and crazy!!I had a girlfriend at the time that helped me get through those trying times. Later that year After dating a while I asked her to marry me (she said yes) that was at the end of 2013. the first week of Jan 2014 she was vary sick and never got better she passed away as well on Jan 8 2014 form Marfan's Syndrome . with the death of my dad still relatively fresh in my mind and now my fiance... it was a vary dark time in my life.
I turned to drinking like some vets do. that was one of the worst mistakes of my life. I got A DUI and hurt the people I loved the most in my life. I blamed myself for everything from my army buddy's death to my dad and to my fiance. I finally saw what i was doing to myself and my loved ones and I will NEVER go down that road again. I have not had a drink in over a year now and I fill much better and I will never put my family through that again.
SUMMERY
I wanted to share really just the tip of the iceberg, and all the odds that have been stacked up against me. from deployment and everything that comes with that to the deaths in the last 3 years, my dad, my fiance, my grandfather, my army buddy taking his own life. then battling an alcohol addiction and making it out to the other side. then I get shot trying to drive to the VA to get my medicine. The man responsible for the shooting has not been caught. and I know its a long shot but if anyone has any info please let me or the police know.
I greatly need a break in life, I have always been too proud to ask for help but I desperately need help now.
I am asking for your help. and that is very hard for me to do, I have never done anything like this before and if I had the money I would never ask The reasons I am asking for help are as follows.
1. I need help with my medical bills its been hard I have not been able to work.
2. And I would like to get a new door for my girlfriend's car so she does not have to think about it every time she sees the car
3. day to day bills are stacking up faster then I can keep up with right now. those are the main things on my mind right now.
Me and my girlfriend about week before I got shot.Organizer
Tre Ash
Organizer
Gainesville, GA
