FL - Florida gunman killed 4, including mom still holding baby, Polk County, 5 Sept 2021

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Florida gunman killed 4, including mom still holding baby - CityNews Toronto
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''Four people are dead including a mother who was still cradling her now-deceased baby in what Florida sheriff’s deputies are calling a massive gunfight early Sunday with a suspect they said was “ready for battle.”

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the unidentified suspect was dressed in full body armour — including a bulletproof vest — when he was found outside a Lakeland home that had been “booby-trapped.”

''After two rounds of gunfire with police and deputies — where dozens “if not hundreds of rounds” were exchanged, Judd said. The suspect exited the house at some point, then retreated back in, only to finally surrender.

the suspect was shot once and left the home to surrender. Inside the home, authorities found an 11-year-old girl who had been shot multiple times.''

''Authorities have not released a motive for the shooting, but the sheriff said the suspect encountered a witness roughly nine hours before the shooting and told her, “God sent me here to speak with one of your daughters.”

 

[dotr]

Florida gunman killed 4, including mom still holding baby
''No other details about the relationship between the shooter and victims were released.

The shooter also told authorities he was on methamphetamines. The suspects vehicle had also been stocked with supplies for a gunfight, authorities said, including bleeding control kits.

“He was a coward," Grady said. "It’s easy to shoot innocent children and babies and people in the middle of the night when you’ve got the gun and they don’t.”

The shooter was hospitalized and is expected to recover.''

 

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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said 33-year-old Bryan Riley appeared to be suffering from mental health issues and had been slowly unraveling for weeks, repeatedly telling his girlfriend that he could communicate directly with God.

After a gunfight with police and deputies — where dozens “if not hundreds of rounds” were exchanged outside a Lakeland home, Judd said, authorities found an 11-year-old girl shot multiple times, plus four deceased victims. They included a 33-year-old mother still holding her 3-month old baby boy and the infant’s 62-year-old grandmother who lived at a neighboring home, and a 40-year-old man

Riley, who served as a sharp shooter in both Iraq and Afghanistan, seemingly targeted the family at random, Judd said during a press conference Sunday...

Sheriff: Florida gunman killed 4, including mom still holding baby


The accused shooter is 33-year-old Bryan Riley. A former marine. Police say he had no known connection with the victims and he lived in Brandon — more than 30 miles from the crime scene.
@WESH


Bryan Riley: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com

 

[dotr]

Hmm, what kind of deity does he worship, cruel son of a gun did not even know the family. imo. rbbm.
Shooting in Lakeland: What we know about suspect Bryan Riley

''Riley was a Marine Corps veteran and served in Iraq and Afghanistan, said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. He spent four years in the Corps before being honorably discharged. Riley then spent another three years in the reserves.

He also worked at ESS Global Corp., providing executive protection and security.

According to his girlfriend of four years, with whom he lived in Brandon, Riley had PTSD and was occasionally depressed but never violent.

She said he worked security at a church in Orlando a week ago and came home saying he could speak directly to God.''

''Judd said he also told detectives, “They begged for their lives, but I shot them anyway.”

 

[MimosaMornings]

Steroids? He is seriously pumped up in those pictures.
Did God tell him to suddenly take meth too?
Brutal murder..

 

[Wild Rose]

We have to have laws to let responding officers confiscate guns and weapons during mental health welfare checks.

 

[sds71]

Riley is expected in court 1 p.m. tomorrow. He’s being held in Bartow, FL.


@WESH

 

[JayWill]

His girlfriend is lucky IMO.

 

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[Amonet]

It sounds like psychosis-induced violence to me. All the stuff about God, and someone close to him was reported as saying that he had been acting strangely in the weeks leading up to this and claiming that God was talking to him.

Those poor victims And the surviving child/children, a living nightmare for them

 

[sds71]

Pictured: Family shot dead by sharpshooter in Florida | Daily Mail Online

• Theresa Lanham, 33, Justice Gleason, 40, and their three-month-old son Jody were all killed
• The baby's 62-year-old grandmother - who has not been named - was also shot and the family's dog was killed too
• Riley shot the Gleason family at random then barricaded himself in the house
• He appeared in court in Florida on Monday morning charged with 17 counts
• A judge denied bond on Monday at the hearing where Riley requested his own attorney

 

[Reasonable & Just]

Pictured: Family shot dead by sharpshooter in Florida | Daily Mail Online

• Theresa Lanham, 33, Justice Gleason, 40, and their three-month-old son Jody were all killed
• The baby's 62-year-old grandmother - who has not been named - was also shot and the family's dog was killed too
• Riley shot the Gleason family at random then barricaded himself in the house
• He appeared in court in Florida on Monday morning charged with 17 counts
• A judge denied bond on Monday at the hearing where Riley requested his own attorney

They look like a lovely family. I love the sparkle in Mom and Dad's eyes, and the "glamour pregnancy" photos. I am so, so sorry. How sickening that someone felt entitled to hop into his vehicle and go murder apparent strangers in a neighborhood almost an hour away from his own place. Had he been stalking them? Did he just randomly come across this family, maybe saw the daughter, and thought he'd target them on the spot? Rest in peace, Gleason-Lanham family.

 

[Sincerely]

This is absolutely heartbreaking. I lived in Lakeland for 20 years. I pulled a very detailed article from the Lakeland Ledger. I quickly glanced to see if it had been linked here. I could have missed it. Reading the article, I see that the older woman who was killed (age 62) was in a house behind the main house. The article also has a neighbor stating that before the gunshots someone was banging on his back door. I’m not sure if it was the killer or someone seeking safety. How sad. Just so so sad.
Lakeland shooting: Neighbors, friends wonder why victims targeted

 

[Amonet]

Has anything been said about them locating the ten-year old child who was missing?

 

[ms_x_to_the_m]

It's so tragic. RIP to all.
The guy was trained as a murderer in war. Now he doesn't have any feelings or thoughts about killing people. it's almost like the same as breathing. Ugh.
All speculation by me

 

[dotr]

Florida shooting: Ex-Marine sharpshooter said he killed a baby and 3 others because God told him to, affidavit states - CNN
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''Riley admitted to deputies that he shot several people and "stated voices and 'God' told him to do it," according to the criminal affidavit. He shot the infant "because I'm a sick guy," he allegedly said. "I want to confess to all of it and be sent to jail."

He now faces four counts of first-degree murder as well as charges of attempted murder, arson, armed burglary and shooting into a building, according to a criminal affidavit.
Riley appeared in a Florida court Monday morning before Judge Heather Beato, who ordered him held without bond on the four murder counts, according to the 10th Circuit Trial Court Administrator Nick Sudzina.''

''Four people were killed in the shooting and a child was wounded by gunfire, authorities said.
Inside a home on the property, a 40-year-old man named Justice Gleason, a 3-month-old baby and the baby's 33-year-old mother were found dead. The baby's 62-year-old grandmother was also found dead in a second house on the property, Judd said. She had been hiding in her closet, according to an affidavit.
Each of the victims has multiple gunshot wounds, the affidavit said. The family's pet dog, Diogi, was also shot and killed.
An 11-year-old girl had been shot multiple times and was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital for surgery. She is expected to recover. Another child who had earlier been missing was located alive and well, Judd said.''

 

[LietKynes]

Sick in the brain ?
Or just plain evil but in command of his senses and fully understands right from wrong ?
The victim will have a long road to recovery and both surviving children will have to live with this forever.

Were they known to the shooter at all ?
Was wondering that as the grandma was shot while hiding in a closet.
Sounds like he hunted them down.
Ephh the perp.
MOO.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Case : 2021CF006615A000XX
Case Style : STATE OF FLORIDA vs. RILEY BRYAN



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[PayrollNerd]

Case : 2021CF006615A000XX
Case Style : STATE OF FLORIDA vs. RILEY BRYAN

Arrest Affidavit - had to split into 3 PDFs so it would upload.

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[sds71]

The girl who survived is in stable condition at a Tampa hospital, officials said. A family statement said she has already undergone four surgeries to repair 10 wounds but is alert, reading, writing and generally in good spirits. The Associated Press is not identifying her because of her age.


11-year-old who survived Florida massacre that left baby and 3 others dead stable after 4 surgeries