BREAKING NEWS Disturbing update on Pat Tillman's brother after arrest for crashing car into a post office
Richard Tillman was taken into custody by cops in San Jose, California on Sunday after allegedly drivng his car into a post office and causing a huge blaze. He is being held on $60,000 bail.
Kevin Tillman, his brother, has outlined how Richard had been struggling for 'many years' before Sunday's incident.
He told NBC Bay Area: 'To be clear, it's no secret that Richard has been battling severe mental health issues for many years. He has been livestreaming, what I'll call, his altered self on social media for anyone to witness.
'Unfortunately, securing the proper care and support for him has proven incredibly difficult - or rather, impossible.
'As a result, none of this is as shocking as it should be.'
A car, allegedly driven by Richard Tillman, crashed into a post office in San Jose
Officers reportedly discovered a burning vehicle crashed into the post office on the 6500 block of Crown Boulevard at around 3am. The fire spread to the rest of the building, although no injuries were reported.
Pat Tillman famously abandoned his NFL career to join the US Army at the onset of then-President George W. Bush's War on Terror in 2002.
After deployments in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Tillman was killed in a friendly fire incident in April of 2004 near the Pakistan border at the age of 27.
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