he went mad
(That is not the problem. The problem is the meaning of it. The grammar is not wrong, but in the combination of the other words it just sounds wierd. "Has been killed" killed sounds like he's dead already, and being killed again (so does had been though...). But with my post of "but then he" the words "has been killed" won't really fit, as "but then he" is saying that he's doing something or that something is been done to him. So, after thinking about it, you were not wrong in the grammar, it was just the two posts that made it sound wierd. Can we just leave it at that? Either way I'm done with English grammar:P Got enough of that in school already^^)