Murder-Suicide Attempt Paxil 20/06/2001 Texas Man Attempts Murder & Kills Self
 
 Summary:<br><br><!--StartFragment -->Ann Tracy, Ph.D., Executive Director of the International Coalition for Drug Awareness, <strong>confirmed that the gunman was taking Paxil at the time of the murder attempt and the suicide.<br /></strong>_________________________________________<br />Paragraphs 5 through 8 read: &quot;During spring break in March 2001, Julie Beasley <strong>encountered Brian Balas, a hunting guide from Eagle Lake who terrorized Kerrville residents for days after checking himself out of an alcohol treatment center. He punched an elderly woman in the face during a carjacking, smashed another woman in the head with a frying pan during a burglary and exchanged gunshots with a homeowner who caught Balas on his property.&quot;<br /><br /></strong>&quot;H<strong>is last target was Beasley. Balas, who wanted her vehicle, shot her twice with a deer rifle - once in the elbow and once in the hip - and drove off in Beasley&#39;s truck.&quot; <br /><br /></strong>&quot;Bleeding heavily, Beasley used her one good arm to drag herself across 177 yards of scrub brush and barbed wire fences until she reached the roadside where a Kerr County sheriff&#39;s deputy sent to investigate reports of gunfire found her.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;<strong>Balas shot himself to death a short while later as law officers pursued the stolen vehicle.&quot; <br /><br /><br /></strong><a href="http://amarillo.com/palm_pilot/stories/050702/tex_gunman.html">http://amarillo.com/palm_pilot/stories/050702/tex_gunman.html</a><br /><br /><strong>Woman injured by gunman graduates</strong> <br /><br /><br />The Associated Press <br /><br /><strong>AUSTIN (AP) - </strong>Schreiner University biology student Julie Beasley was given little chance for survival by doctors a year ago after being shot by a gunman as she was studying mistletoe in a Kerr County field. <br /><br />But Beasley, who has undergone about 30 surgeries, walked across the stage at the university graduation in Kerrville and received her bachelor&#39;s degree in biology. <br /><br />When her name was announced Sunday, the entire class of 2002 - all 125 of them - stood and cheered. Someone in the back of the building shouted: &quot;You go, Miracle Girl!&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Anytime you go from a 5 percent chance of survival to a Summa Cum Laude graduate, it&#39;s a pretty dramatic year,&quot; her father, Michael Beasley, told the Austin American-Statesman for its Monday editions. <br /><br />During spring break in March 2001, Julie Beasley encountered Brian Balas, a hunting guide from Eagle Lake who terrorized Kerrville residents for days after checking himself out of an alcohol treatment center. He punched an elderly woman in the face during a carjacking, smashed another woman in the head with a frying pan during a burglary and exchanged gunshots with a homeowner who caught Balas on his property. <br /><br />His last target was Beasley. Balas, who wanted her vehicle, shot her twice with a deer rifle - once in the elbow and once in the hip - and drove off in Beasley&#39;s truck. <br /><br />Bleeding heavily, Beasley used her one good arm to drag herself across 177 yards of scrub brush and barbed wire fences until she reached the roadside where a Kerr County sheriff&#39;s deputy sent to investigate reports of gunfire found her. <br /><br />Balas shot himself to death a short while later as law officers pursued the stolen vehicle. <br /><br />Beasley survived despite massive blood loss. Doctors at University Hospital in San Antonio built a new hip and elbow for her, and she took her first steps in August. <br /><br />Beasley still struggles to use her right arm, and doctors fear they may have to replace her prosthetic elbow. <br /><br />Her mother, Aggie Beasley, wiped tears from her eyes at the graduation. <br /><br />&quot;I didn&#39;t imagine being here,&quot; she said. &quot;I just imagined her living.&quot; <br /><br />Kerr County sheriff Rusty Hierholzer was there Sunday to watch. So was David Knapp, the surgical nurse who took care of Beasley. <br /><br />&quot;This is just awesome,&quot; he said, watching Beasley pose for pictures with friends and relatives after the ceremony. &quot;I&#39;ve never seen her standing on her legs before.&quot; <br /><br />Before the shooting, Beasley hoped for an art career illustrating medical books. <br /><br />Now she plans to attend graduate school and pursue a career practicing bio-feedback therapy, the same treatment that helped her learn to walk again. <br /><br />Beasley said she used to think about Balas constantly, but not anymore. <br /><br />&quot;It used to be I couldn&#39;t bring myself to say his name. I&#39;ve let go of him now,&quot; she said. <br /><br />&quot;It&#39;s all turned out for the better. I&#39;ve made a lot of good friends, and I&#39;ve learned some lessons I wouldn&#39;t have learned otherwise.&quot; <br /><br />Kerrville is about 80 miles west of Austin.<br />&nbsp; 
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