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Militia leader among dead in Arizona murder suicide
Source: Reuters
Militia leader among dead in Arizona murder suicide
By David Schwartz
GILBERT, Arizona | Thu May 3, 2012 10:03am EDT
(Reuters) - Police confirmed on Thursday that a prominent border militia leader and reputed neo-Nazi was among the five shot dead in an apparent murder suicide at a home in a Phoenix suburb.
A gunman opened fire at a house in Gilbert on Wednesday, killing a toddler and three adults before turning the gun on himself, Gilbert Police Sergeant Bill Balafas said.
Among the dead was Jason Todd "JT" Ready, 39, who founded the U.S. Border Guard, a private-citizen militia that hunts for drug traffickers near the Mexican border, police said.
Police declined to confirm local media reports that Ready was the shooter.
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By David Schwartz
GILBERT, Arizona | Thu May 3, 2012 10:03am EDT
(Reuters) - Police confirmed on Thursday that a prominent border militia leader and reputed neo-Nazi was among the five shot dead in an apparent murder suicide at a home in a Phoenix suburb.
A gunman opened fire at a house in Gilbert on Wednesday, killing a toddler and three adults before turning the gun on himself, Gilbert Police Sergeant Bill Balafas said.
Among the dead was Jason Todd "JT" Ready, 39, who founded the U.S. Border Guard, a private-citizen militia that hunts for drug traffickers near the Mexican border, police said.
Police declined to confirm local media reports that Ready was the shooter.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/03/us-usa-arizona-shooting-idUSBRE8420RD20120503
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Yes. I am guilty of whistling whilst walking past the grave yard.
But in my life I have seen dear people who did not deserve the death forced upon them, and I have seen vile evil creatures escape death to do harm another day.
I can only say that the world is better place for his having left it. Sadly, he took several innocent people with him.