The suspect, Bryan Riley had served as a Marine sniper in Afghanistan, and Iraq. As a sniper his job was to shoot enemy fighters over long distances.
BY JOSEPH CHOI
Four people, including an infant, were killed in a shooting at a home in Florida early Sunday morning, while an 11-year-old who was shot at least seven times was rushed to the hospital.
The sheriff's office has identified the suspect as 33-year-old Bryan Riley, a former Marine sharpshooter recently employed as a security guard. He surrendered and was hospitalized for injuries.
According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, authorities were originally called to a home in Lakeland, Fla., on Saturday evening at 7:23 p.m. after a woman said a strange man pulled up to her in his car and told her God instructed him to speak to one of her daughters.
Riley was told to leave by neighbors, and police were called. When police arrived Riley was gone.
At 4:22 a.m. on Sunday, an officer near the woman's home heard gunfire and 911 calls were received reporting an active shooter situation. Upon responding, authorities found a truck on fire on the front lawn and a man in camouflage attire outside the home.
Reiley than ran into the victims home. He appeared to be high on Meth.
“And then there's another volley of gunshots, and they could hear a woman screaming and a baby whimpering,” Judd said. “At that point [Lt. Duane Tompkins] and his team attempt to make entry through the front door, and it's blocked.”
Tompkins entered the home through the back door and was "immediately confronted" by the same man who had been on the front lawn, prompting a shootout.
The dead included a 62-year old woman, a 40-year-old man, and a 33-year-old woman and her 3-month-old child in her arms.
How tragic.
Riley's girlfriend said he suffered from PTSD, but she had never seen him get violent. I have to wonder if the MSM’s recent Afghanistan marathon coverage could have made Bryan Riley more delusional?
Five more American casualties as a result of George W. Bush’s forever wars. America continues to pay a very high price.
A recent study from Brown University’s Cost of War Project estimates that as many as 30,177 active-duty personnel and veterans of the post-9/11 wars have died by suicide — more than four times the number of service members killed in action or by accident.