CAPE CORAL, Fla. - Nicholas Horner is accused of shooting two people inside a Subway and another man on the street in Blair County, Pennsylvania on Monday. Two people shot by Horner have died.

"I sympathize with the families and what is happening right now is horrible," said his cousin Tim Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick, who lives in North Fort Myers, says Horner is a victim too because he was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

He says they are trying to understand what happened in Altoona, Pa and what happened to Horner. He says the husband and father of two changed after he was sent back from his third deployment.

"They took his weapons off him because they found him incompetent. He was asking for help and no one ever gave it to him," said Fitzpatrick.

Captain John Bunch wasn't surprised to hear what happened. The Operations Open Arms founder, a group dedicated to helping service men and women, has been trying to set up a network of mental health professionals to help soldiers with P.T.S.D.

"We want our troops that are on active duty to come to Fort Myers and be able to go to a network of mental health care specialists pro-bono on a priority basis," said Bunch.

Fitzpatrick says he'd do anything to help others like his cousin.

"Someone has to help these people," he said.

Horner is scheduled for a preliminary hearing April 15 but his cousin says they are trying to get the hearing delayed.

Fitzpatrick also started a few websites to raise awareness about P.T.S.D. and a my-space page called "broken solider".

Operation Open Arms is trying to put together a network of Southwest Florida mental health professionals to "volunteer an ear" to service men and women returning war zones.

If you or you know of a person that would be interested assisting our troops decompress and deal with the stress of war that linger when they return home you can contact Operation Open Arms by clicking on the related content section of this page.