A gunman looking for someone he believed owed him money shot himself inside an Indiana real estate office, where he'd held hostages for several hours earlier, and was taken to a hospital, police said Friday.HAMMOND – The father of the only survivor of a roadside bombing in Afghanistan that killed four members of an Indiana National Guard unit says his son is in a drug-induced coma at a Virginia hospital.
Gerald Rachowicz told The Times of Munster on Sunday night that his 29-year-old son, Pvt. Doug Rachowicz of Hammond, is in serious condition with multiple injuries.
He said his son was driving a van Thursday morning in southern Afghanistan during a mission to clear a combat route of roadside bombs when it struck one of the bombs, killing four other soldiers riding in the truck.
Rachowicz said his son has a 6-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son, but for now they won’t be flying out to Virginia to join other relatives at his bedside.
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