Police Suspected Odessa Shooter Was Planning Attack…8 Years Ago

By Tom Knighton

The Odessa shooting was the latest rampage by a crazed maniac. Like far too many attacks, the murderer took innocent lives with a firearm. Unlike most, however, the shooter purchased his weapon from an illegal manufacturer, a fact that is often missed in the discussion on new gun control regulation.

The more we learn about the Odessa killer, though, the more troubling everything appears.

The latest news is that at least one police department suspected the shooter was planning an attack…way back in 2011.

A mother in distress called police.

Her son had refused to take his mental-health medication. He was delusional about a government conspiracy against him and had threatened to end his own in life in a shootout with police.

When Amarillo, Texas, police officers arrived at her home the night of February 7, 2011, they found what they interpreted as preparations for an attack — a machete hidden in her son’s bed and an underground shelter he had dug in the backyard. In a recording the mother shared with police, her son declared, “911 will bow down before me.”

The officers were so troubled by what they encountered that they recorded floor plans of the property and shared the information …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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