The family of a man accused of trying to detonate what he believed was a bomb outside of a bank in downtown Oklahoma City said the suspect is a paranoid schizophrenic and was manipulated by the FBI.
Boston Police Captain Robert Ciccolo faced a dilemma when he became concerned that his son may pose a danger because of his growing extremism.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators are trying to determine what prompted an Iraq war veteran to open fire at Fort Hood on Wednesday, killing three soldiers and injuring 16 others before killing himself, the Washington Post reports. Many questions remain: Did an argument precede the shooting? Was he properly treated for depression and anxiety? The shooter,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com On the day a jury found two former Fullerton Police Department officers not guilty of beating a homeless man to death, the FBI said it would determine whether “further investigation is warranted” to bring new charges, the Los Angeles Times reports. The officers are accused of beating to death Kelly Thomas, a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fears of terrorism initially spread after someone intentionally set fire to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco last week. But CBS SF reports that the suspect, 39-year-old Yan Feng, may have been suffering from mental health problems after he told FBI agents that he was hearing voices in Chinese. Feng was charged…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI agent John Wilson didn’t have to see much. “That would not be good proper police procedure,” Wilson testified after watching a surveillance tape of the deadly police encounter, the Los Angeles Times reports. Wilson provided expert testimony in the trial of two Fullerton police officers who are charged in the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has released footage of the Navy Yard gunman stalking the corridors in search of victims. The shooter, Aaron Alexis, 34, believed he was being controlled by low frequency radio waves, an FBI spokeswoman said, BBC reports. “At this point I can confirm that there are multiple indicators that Alexis held…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In the days before he opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard this week, Aaron Alexis sought emergency treatment twice, Bloomberg reports. The 34-year-old Navy contractor, who had a history of mental illness, requested treatment for insomnia twice in the past month, the Department of Veterans Affairs said Wednesday. Authorities alerted the…
