Update from Channel 4 news at noon: Suspect is very opinionated and is active on social media/political websites. Report and video should be posted shortly at
www.clickondetroit.com
Link to
Detroit News article that addresses the political leanings of the suspect:
November 7, 2012 at 1:00 am
Shooting suspect active on Web, calls for arrest of gov, Obama
By Mike Wilkinson
The Detroit News
Raulie Casteel has high hopes for politicians in Michigan, Kentucky and the United States.
Casteel, arrested Monday in connection with the Interstate 96 shooting spree, has shared his opinions widely on the Internet, commenting on conservative websites and posting his own profile on a tea party-backed social media site, FreedomConnector. He has embraced Twitter and is quick to share his feelings, be it about his economic state — he wrote he might lose his car in October — or the state of the country.
"Yes, you heard me! We're returning businesses to their rightful owners — the American people!" he tweeted on Oct. 1.
That's the same day he called for the arrest or trial of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Attorney General Eric Holder. But since Twitter limits users to just 140 characters, he had to send a separate one about Geithner and Holder's boss:
"I want the arrest and impeachment of Barack Obamo (sic). I've given the military the option of marching him out the W.H. in handcuffs.'s," he wrote...
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121107/METRO/211070327
