Plano Soldier Finds Unexpected Tragedy At Home

Plano Soldier Finds Unexpected Tragedy At Home
May 8, 2012
Reporting J.D. Miles

PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas soldier survived close calls on the battlefield only to fall victim to an unexpected danger when he returned home.

Tyler Timms served high-risk tours of duty in Iraq with an Army Ordinance Unit. He was buried Tuesday with the military honors deserving of a soldier.

But the bullet that killed the 22-year-old was fired after he got home.

“He was a special grandson and I’m going to miss him so much. He was a wonderful nephew,” says Linda Trammel, Timm’s Grandmother.

“He may have been my little brother but everyone knows he was my little big brother,” says Dustin Timms, brother. “Me and him would go out in public and I’d always feel safe.”

Timms, who attended Plano West High School, had been on leave only a few days last November when CBS 11 News interviewed him in his bed at Baylor Hospital after he awoke from a coma.
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