"Survivalist" On Meth Murdered 4 People, Including Infant, Shot To Death In Lakeland

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A man has been arrested after three people were found shot dead Sunday morning in Lakeland.

According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, the incident began around 4:30 a.m.

A deputy on another call began hearing gunfire and responded, and multiple 911 callers began reporting an active shooter.

Lakeland police and Polk County Sheriff deputies responded, discovering a truck on fire and a man in full body armor.

Police saw the man run inside a home and then heard gunfire, followed by a woman and baby screaming.

Deputies entered the home and the suspect opened fire. Deputies returned fire before the suspect surrendered.

Judd said the suspect had been shot and was taken to Lakeland Regional, where he attempted to grab an officer's weapon.

Inside the home, officers discovered a man, woman and infant shot to death. The infant was in the mother's arms. An 11-year-old girl had been shot multiple times. She was taken to Tampa General and taken into surgery. Deputies discovered another woman dead in a separate house on the property.

Judd said the suspect is a self-described "survivalist" and told deputies he was on meth.

Sheriff: 'Survivalist' on meth arrested after 4 people, including infant, shot to death in Lakeland

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[LFODBiker]

FTA - Judd said the suspect is a self-described "survivalist" and told deputies he was on meth.

Is this the new & gentle newspeak phrase for 'homeless junkie'?

Doubleplus good though that he's in a state with the death penalty.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

Hillsborough County sheriff's personnel serve a search warrant a Bryan Riley's home in Brandon on Sunday evening. The bomb squad was among the units at the home.

Scene of shooting where four people were killed early Sunday in North Lakeland

Sheriff's deputies and police officers engaged in a shootout early Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, with a man they say killed four people in North Lakeland.

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The suspect's name is Bryan Riley, 33, according to Polk County Sheriff's Office. He lived in Brandon with his girlfriend of four years. He was a former U.S. Marine.

According to PCSO, as they approached the scene, they found an individual "totally outfitted in body armor and looked as though he was ready to engage us in an active shooter situation," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.

Judd said the suspect was a survivalist "who came for a gunfight." He said the suspect admitted to using methamphetamine.

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This image provided by the Polk County Sheriff's Office shows the back of the residence where a Polk sheriff's lieutenant entered the house and exchanged fire with a shooting suspect in a neighborhood in Lakeland, Fla.
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Four people are dead including a mother still cradling her now-deceased baby in what a Florida sheriff called a massive gunfight early Sunday with a suspect "ready for battle" and so aggressive he tried to wrestle a gun from police from his hospital gurney after being captured.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the unidentified suspect was dressed in full body armor — including a bulletproof vest — when he was found outside a Lakeland home that had been "booby-trapped." He did not explain in detail except to say that glass lights were lining the driveway.
After a gunfight with police and deputies — where dozens "if not hundreds of rounds" were exchanged, Judd said, authorities entered the home and found an 11-year-old girl shot multiple times, plus three deceased victims, including a mother still holding her infant. A woman at a neighboring home was also killed.
Authorities have not released the names of the victims or shooter or a motive for the shooting, but the sheriff said they were initially called out for reports of a suspicious vehicle.
A woman encountered "a strange person" roughly nine hours before the shooting who told her, "God sent me here to speak with one of your daughters," Judd said during a news conference Sunday.
No other details about the woman's relationship to the shooter or victims were released.

Police were on the scene within six minutes, but Grady said they found no trace of the suspect or vehicle until hours later when a deputy heard popping noises in the distance around 4:30 a.m. and the agency went into active-shooter mode, bringing all state and local law enforcement in the area to the scene.

When they arrived, breakable lights lined the driveway to the home. They saw a truck — believed to be the suspect's — on fire and heard more gunshots.
The suspect was also there, heavily outfitted in body armor "as if he was ready to engage us all in an active shooter situation," Judd said, but noting they didn't see a weapon.
The suspect immediately ran back into the home, where authorities heard another round of gunfire, "a woman scream and a baby whimper."

Officers tried to enter the front of the house, but it was barricaded. When they circled to the back, they encountered the shooter and exchanged heavy gunfire, before the suspect retreated back into the home.
Everything fell silent, Judd said, except for the helicopter blades overhead, until the suspect came out to surrender. He had been shot once.
Authorities moved in and found an 11-year-old girl who had been shot multiple times. She told deputies there were three dead people inside, Judd said.
Deputies sent robots into the home to check for explosives and other traps. When it was clear, they found a mother with an infant in her arms, and another unidentified victim all dead from gunshot wounds. They also found another woman fatally shot in a neighboring home.

The shooter also told authorities he was on methamphetamines. His 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."
While being treated at the hospital, the suspect jumped up and tried to grab an officer's gun. "They had to fight with him again in the emergency room," Grady said, before he was ultimately tied down and medicated.
"There are more questions than answers at this point," State Attorney Brian Haas said at the scene. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/05/1034...ding-a-mother-who-was-still-cradling-her-baby

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the shootings took place at 4:30 a.m. in two separate houses on the same property.

Judd said two separate shootouts occurred "in short order" between law enforcement and the suspect, Bryan Riley, 33, of Brandon, Florida. Riley was shot once and surrendered shortly after, he said. Lakeland police and troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol were also involved. No law officers were injured in the shootout.

After Riley was in custody, police discovered an 11-year-old girl who had been shot "multiple times," as well as a man, two women and an infant dead.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...es-come-under-fire-north-lakeland/5741398001/

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Ugh, DUPE...Sorry @Sugar Cookie!!

 

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[Sevens My Charm]

They looked happy

Bryan Riley, 33, has been charged with four counts of first degree murder, seven counts of attempted first degree murder of law enforcement officers, cruelty to an animal, shooting into a building, arson and burglary.

“They begged for their lives and I killed them anyway,” Riley allegedly told police after his arrest.

The self-described “survivalist” first showed up at the house around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, when he told a woman that God sent him to speak with one of her daughters, Amber. The woman told him that there was no Amber there and he left, only to stop down the road and tell two more people that he was looking for Amber, who he claimed God had told him intended to commit suicide.

Justice Gleason, 40, a 33-year-old woman and a 3-month-old baby boy, still in his mother’s arm, were found dead, “huddling and hiding in fear,” Judd said.
The baby’s 62-year-old grandmother was found dead in another house on the same property.
The family dog, Diogi, had also been fatally shot.

Judd said investigators have found “zero connection” between Riley and his victims. His girlfriend told police that he had been suffering from PTSD recently.

Great mix - meth + PTSD - my ex could of pulled this shit - but he's never messed with drugs.. Sharpshooter Iraq and Afghanistan now security contractor - legal right to carry permit..

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[Satanica]

I watched the Sheriff's press conference on this very weird and tragic incident. So bizarre.

 

[Ramona the brave]

So fucking sick.
I'm sorry but he should've lost access to his guns as soon as he started acting erratic and unstable. Anyone who comes home suddenly claiming they can speak personally to God should not have a fucking gun. I've been on DD long enough. I know how that goes.

I'm sure his girlfriend of four years is feeling guilty as hell now wishing that she had done something about to stop this. Well, she should have and could have.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

“God told me to kill everyone and rescue Amber because she is a victim of sex trafficking,” Riley allegedly said during an interview with police, adding that he then began putting a “ops plan” together.

“It was all fiction and it was all made up of him,” Judd reiterated. “There were no victims of sexual trafficking in the house.”

According to Judd, Riley told police that in the hours before the 4:22 a.m. carnage, he performed “reconnaissance” on the home, repositioned his truck for a quick getaway, planned an outdoor diversion so he could break into the home, and laid down glowsticks so he “and Amber” would know where to go when the left the house.

Per Judd, Riley also explained his own actions in great detail, telling police that he entered through the back apartment and “cleared the house,” killing a 62-year-old female by shooting “an entire magazine” into her.

Believing he was protected by God, Riley then entered the main house where he first shot and killed the family dog then shot down the bathroom door where the family was hiding, Judd said. Once inside he allegedly said he shot Gleason first then his 33-year-old wife and 3-month-old son, who was clutched in his mother’s arms.

Riley then allegedly found the 11-year-old girl and “tortured her in order to investigate, in order to find Amber,” Judd said. The sheriff added that Riley would ask the girl where Amber was and then count down from three; when the girl responded that she didn’t know, Riley would shoot her. This happened several times. According to Judd, the girl told police that Riley said he murdered her parents because “they’re sex traffickers.”

The sheriff said the girl only survived because she tricked Riley by “playing dead.”

Riley surrendered after being shot in a shootout with law enforcement.

Riley was released from the hospital after being treated for the gunshot wound and is being held without bond and was charged with four counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted first-degree murder on a law enforcement officer.

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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." Soluton give them lil ones some guns, how unMERICAN can they be to not allow them to defend themselves.

 

[McDanel]

Amphetamine psychosis.

 

[Satanica]

Florida prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a former Marine sharpshooter who allegedly broke into the home of an innocent family earlier this month, murdering four people, including a 3-month-old boy in his mother’s arms, under the delusion that the victims were child sex traffickers.

In its notice of intent Friday, the State Attorney's Office for the 10th Judicial Circuit described several aggravating factors that could justify the death penalty for 33-year-old Bryan Riley of Brandon, The Ledger reported.
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There was no relationship between the victims and Riley, Judd said. Riley is being held without bail and has not yet entered a plea to the charges.
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Florida prosecutors seek death penalty for former Marine accused of killing innocent family in 'rescue' op

Florida prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a former Marine sharpshooter who allegedly broke into the home of an innocent family earlier this month, murdering four people, including a 3-month-old boy in his mother’s arms, under the delusion that the victims were child sex traffickers.

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The jury to be convened next year for the Bryan Riley quadruple murder trial must come to a unanimous decision in order to recommend a death penalty should he be found guilty, a judge in Polk County has ruled.

But the ruling issued by Circuit Judge Kevin Abdoney on Wednesday in the 10th Judicial Circuit might not be the final say on the matter.

By email on Friday, Assistant State Attorney Jacob Orr said, “We are appealing that order.”

His colleague and prosecutor on the case, Lauren M. Perry, filed a motion to use Florida’s new law that allows a judge to impose the death penalty after a jury vote of 8-4. Previously, state law required a jury to be unanimous in recommending capital punishment.

Judge rules jury must be unanimous on death penalty in Lakeland quadruple murder case

Polk County judge rules death penalty jury verdict must be unanimous in Lakeland quadrulple murder case against Bryan Riley.

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