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Craygor

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Kevin Costlow was being a total dick on the road, hitting multiple vehicles and causing some to crash. Eventually, he exited his vehicle and started to attack people with a branch. One of Montgomery County's finest arrived on the scene and attempted to subdue him, but Kevin was not having any of that bullshit. After great restraint, the officer shot him numerous times and with good reason. Btw, this is why I prefer a .45 ACP as my personal sidearm than a 9mm.

Beginning about 8 a.m., [Kevin] Costlow had been driving erratically in a Volkswagen sedan heading out of Laytonsville ...

One driver swerved off the road to avoid him, crashing into a telephone pole. Costlow then crashed head-on into a second vehicle at the intersection of Olney Laytonsville Road and Fieldcrest Road, officials said.

The crashes and the strange driving led several people to call 911.

Popkin said the Volkswagen rolled on for about 20 feet after the second collision. Costlow then got out of his car and used a large piece of wood to try to attack the people he had just crashed into, Popkin said.

The sheriff’s deputy was driving to work in Rockville and either heard about the 911 calls or just happened to be passing, Popkin said. He stopped at the scene to help when Costlow allegedly turned on him.

Popkin said the deputy appears to have unsuccessfully tried to use his Taser to stop the assailant, who continued to attack with the piece of wood.



The VERY graphic content starts at 1:16. Its best to listen to person who recorded the video of the incident as its happening.
 
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Two things...the guy recording is a total dick. Secondly, the guy was obviously out of his mind. The cop had plenty of time to get away to either knee cap him or go for a non deadly shot. Why did he get so close to the guy? I dont think anyone should be killed by police unless there is no escape for the officer. Not including instances where officers choose to get too close a mentally deranged suspect. This video made me a little sad especially with the jerk off narrating like it was an exciting rush to see a man get slaughtered.

Do you guys think the link below is the guy?

 
The guy seemed either very mentally ill or high out of his mind. Look at his eyes when he's being shot. There's nothing, not even a flicker of awareness of the gravity of the situation, he just keeps coming.
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Do you guys think the link below is the guy?
It sure looks like him. Plus he looks like a respectable businessman, not a criminal. Makes it even more likely this was some kind of a psychotic break, imho.
 
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The guy broke the stick over the cop's head. He intended to hurt if not kill the cop, and the cop was not the first victim of the guy.

P. O. Ackley printed a report from a military surgeon of his acquaintance who told the tale of a message runner on the front lines who was sent back to headquarters with a message. He ran there, delivered the message, then passed out cold. And HQ staff were astounded to learn he had had a foot shot off somewhere between where he started and HQ. Mr. Ackley's acquaintance met the runner when he was under treatment for osteomyelitis, a result of the mud that had been packed into the stump as the soldier made his way to headquarters.

It is a fact of human physiology that the same shot that stops a perpetrator stands a high chance of being lethal. Kneecapping the guy or hitting him with a non-lethal bullet would not necessarily stop him any more than the traumatic amputation of the soldier's foot stopped him. It may have put him on the ground, but there was no way to know whether he had a firearm concealed about his person. And on the ground, angry, adrenalized, and armed, he is still a danger until he is stopped.

--Al
 
Any time someone says "they should have shot his arm, or his leg (or insert non-center body area)" I know for a fact they have no fire arms training and they don't understand how bullets are not an instance stop and drop. Proof in this video, the assailant took almost 12 rounds and kept coming.

9mm is great for capacity but shit for stopping power.
 
Stick vs. bang-bang.
Oh who will win?

Look the dead guy had intent, was armed and had presented clear threats and attempts of injury to others.
The shooting was fair and earned.
A taser would not have stopped it.
Limited gunfire didn't stop it.

Crazy or high or whatever.
There was only one way this could have ended given crazy Ty Cobb was never about to comply.
I have no issue with it.
 
That's one of the cleanest cases of 'justified' I've ever seen.
That fucker was jacked up on adrenaline and gods knows what else.
When you're that pumped up your body won't even know it's been shot.
This is why at firearms training they tell you to keep shooting until the threat is neutralized.
The only reason he collapsed is because his brain finally started to run out of fresh blood (watch the colour drain out of his face).
 
Two things...the guy recording is a total dick. Secondly, the guy was obviously out of his mind. The cop had plenty of time to get away to either knee cap him or go for a non deadly shot. Why did he get so close to the guy? I dont think anyone should be killed by police unless there is no escape for the officer. Not including instances where officers choose to get too close a mentally deranged suspect. This video made me a little sad especially with the jerk off narrating like it was an exciting rush to see a man get slaughtered.

Do you guys think the link below is the guy?


The guy had already proven himself to be a danger to himself & others, mentally ill or not, the cop's life or anyone else's life for that matter, was not worth the risk of only wounding him & risk him having a gun to kill the cop or others at the scene. The cop made the right decision. My sympathy is for the innocent, not deranged lunatics, felons, & criminals. These nut jobs feel as if they can victimize whomever & get away with it, they simply feel emboldened that they can act this way, enough is enough already.
 
I don't know if anyone else recognized this, except maybe @Alf , but who here noticed the shirt he was wearing?
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At 1:31 in the video he points his shirt out to the cop, then talks some shit and begins to beat the officer with his stick.

The shirt is an Army 160th SOAR t-shirt
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Here is an Army write-up of the 160th SOAR
160TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT (SOAR)
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) is the designated aviation unit for Special Operations. Known as the Night Stalkers, these Soldiers are recognized for their proficiency in nighttime operations.

SOAR Soldiers are highly trained and ready to accomplish the very toughest missions in all environments, anywhere in the world, day or night, with unparalleled precision.

Each SOAR battalion is composed of light, medium and heavy helicopters, all modified and designed to meet the unit’s unique mission requirements.

Basically, this is the Army version of what I did in the Navy for 20 years (with combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq).

If this guy actually was a pilot or aircrew of the 160th SOAR he would have been my Army analog and I think I know what he must of been going through outside of the service. And for whatever reason, he had enough of the shit. Maybe he had enough of being around fuckbags who only cared about themselves, or he had enough of the petty concerns that was filling his life, or he had enough of existing, but not truly feeling alive anymore (maybe all of these, because I have).

Unlike him, I've learned to deal with them, though it wasn't easy.

Kevin Costlow snapped. When he pointed to his shirt, he was telling the officer "I am dangerous and I am not afraid".
 
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I'm going to say, even though he was out of his skull, there are times that no amount of talking is going to resolve it. I sadly think this was one of them. He had already attacked innocents and went after the officer.
Attacking the average commuter who's just trying to get to work and putting a cop into that position was bullshit. The cop did the right fucking thing. Though, if I ever get to the point that I want someone to punch my ticket, I'll just start robbing drug dealers.
 
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He wouldn't go down, he kept walking...

I wonder if he was wearing a vest. And the bullets that killed him were ones that struck below it or otherwise went through.

The person recording it kept saying "That's what I like to see" and then inserted "Thought your ass was privileged" uhhhhh this makes me wonder if a dying white guy was exactly why he kept saying that in the first place. Uhhh so much hatred, now, and that shit is annoying.

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Location of incident:


There are 2 people listed with the name Kevin Costlow in that area, one reportedly in his 50s and one in his 60s.

#1 Kevin C. Costlow apparently lives in New Carrolton, Maryland and is in his 60s. There is a page here, which has an address for him: https://www.mylife.com/kevin-costlow/e139530010848 , it is 5325 85th Ave, New Carrollton, Maryland. That building looks like public housing to me and that page states that he has a criminal record.

I think this is not the one.


#2 Kevin G. Costlow, who is listed in his 50s on the whitepages.com web site, with an address in Gaithersburg. The shot one has references to "Laytonsville", which is very close-by to Gaithersburg. This would be the one that was shot.

Now, the Linkedin page. The picture @Craygor linked is a definite match, but he's lost some body fat since his Linkedin pictures were taken.

The thing about the Linkedin is that it does not list a middle initial. But there is a link to Kevin G that is beyond the picture.

His Linkedin page says that he was an information security specialist with NSA background and lots of similar stuff, and a several-years gap between his 2 year degree and his 4 year degree. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-costlow-0b994344 . A career history is well-detailed on Linkedin and ends in 2017. Authenticity on the career history is somewhat unverifiable from my POV but anyway, there it is.

The Linkedin page mentions that he understands the Portuguese language. That is not typical for Americans.

Other than the NSA one, I cannot find any other Kevin Costlow on Linkedin that is in the Washington/MD area.

As for Kevin G, note his white pages listing:

KEVIN G COSTLOW
50S <----------- age
GAITHERSBURG, MD
formerly lived in Herndon VA, Rockville, Silver Spring, Collinsville IL. <-----------
20528 Farcroft Ln
Gaithersburg, MD 20882

20528 Farcroft Ln btw looks really expensive in Google Street View, and Zillow says it is worth $601,849 .

Business record for a company owned by Kevin G. Costlow in that area. https://www.bizapedia.com/md/brazil-solutions-llc.html

Brazil Solutions LLC

Brazil Solutions LLC is a Maryland Domestic LLC filed on April 16, 1999. The company's filing status is listed as Dissolved and its File Number is W05295837.

The Registered Agent on file for this company is Kevin G Costlow and is located at 12104 Ravenwood Ct, Silver Spring, MD 20902. The company's principal address is 507 Harding Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20901.

The company has 1 principal on record. The principal is Kevin G Costlow from Silver Spring MD.

Company Name: BRAZIL SOLUTIONS LLC​
File Number: W05295837​
Filing State: Maryland (MD)​
Filing Status: Dissolved​
Filing Date: April 16, 1999​
Company Age: 21 Years, 10 Months <-- not real company age, that is from today​
Registered Agent:​
Kevin G Costlow​
12104 Ravenwood Ct​
Silver Spring, MD 20902​
Principal Address:​
507 Harding Drive​
Silver Spring, MD 20901​
Updated 1/1/2016 <---- this would be within 1 year after the company was dissolved.​

Both of the above addresses are residential homes. 12104 Ravenwood Ct built in 1986 and sold in the year 2000. Looks nice to me, value $407,831 according to Zillow. 507 Harding Drive was built in 1955 and there is no sale history.

I cannot figure out what BRAZIL SOLUTIONS LLC is or was or did. But it existed from April of 1999 through sometime in 2015.

Portuguese is the primary language in Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese .

NSA dude's Linkedin page said that said he spoke Portuguese.

So, not just the very convincing pictures but that company, whatever it was, looks like the Kevin G. on that Linkedin page who speaks Portuguese.

Then yeah there's the pictures.

Here are 2 pics of the Linkedin Kevin Costlow NSA dude.

The Linkedin Kevin Costlow has distinctive facial features. See how far down his left eye is angled, and his right eye sits up a lot higher than his left.

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Youtube pic, rotated:
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2 pics together. The ear, hairline, nostril size, its all matching, but lower body fat %

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From Craygor' pic, see the face geometry with the eye? Totally him but lower body fat %.

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I notice how many companies he cycled through in his Linkedin. That can mean that he was having some amount of trouble.

If this background is real, I can't understand why someone like him would just, go like that. What would just, do that. Something made him seriously mentally ill.

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)​
National Student Clearinghouse​
2012 - 2017 (5 years)​
Director, IT Operations & Security​
L-3 National Security Solutions​
2007 - 2012​
5 years​
Security Program Manager​
Department of the Interior, Office of Historical Trust Accounting​
2006 - 2007​
1 year​
Security Practice Manager​
Verizon, Cybertrust (TruSecure)​
2004 - 2005​
1 year​
IT Security Manager​
AARP​
2001 - 2004​
3 years​
Security Consultant​
IBM Internet Security Systems​
1999 - 2001​
2 years​
Special Programs Office​
Computer Associates​
1998 - 1999​
1 year​
Special Programs Office​
Verizon, Skytel​
1995 - 1998​
3 years​


Education

University of Maryland University College​
Bachelor of Science​
Business Management​
1995 - 1997​
Montgomery College​
Associate of Arts​
Business Administration​
1986 - 1989​
 
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If Blizzard's research is correct, then he had a pretty straight arrow career, including a stint for the Dept of the Interior. I assume he would need a clean criminal record to have all those security related jobs. Craygor thinks he is probably ex elite special ops military. How does a guy like that end up attacking strangers on the highway and beating a cop holding a gun on him with a stick until he provokes the cop into shooting him dead?!?
 
Not sure why people are so quick to assume he was mentally ill or suffering from some issue with a weak brain. Dude very well may have simply been a huge asshole and wanted to fuck with people or hurt people that day, simple as that. Prob ALWAYS a scumbag long before this.

How does a guy like that end up attacking strangers on the highway and beating a cop holding a gun on him with a stick until he provokes the cop into shooting him dead?!?

Military is FULL of scumbags. Really wouldn't be surprising at all if he was a vet.


I don't know if anyone else recognized this, except maybe @Alf , but who here noticed the shirt he was wearing?
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At 1:31 in the video he points his shirt out to the cop, then talks some shit and begins to beat the officer with his stick.

The shirt is an Army 160th SOAR t-shirt
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Here is an Army write-up of the 160th SOAR

Basically, this is the Army version of what I did in the Navy for 20 years (with combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq).

If this guy actually was a pilot or aircrew of the 160th SOAR he would have been my Army analog and I think I know what he must of been going through outside of the service. And for whatever reason, he had enough of the shit. Maybe he had enough of being around fuckbags who only cared about themselves, or he had enough of the petty concerns that was filling his life, or he had enough of existing, but not truly feeling alive anymore (maybe all of these, because I have).

Unlike him, I've learned to deal with them, though it wasn't easy.

Kevin Costlow snapped. When he pointed to his shirt, he was telling the officer "I am dangerous and I am not afraid".

So....he was a huge fucking douchebag. Gotcha.


Two things...the guy recording is a total dick. Secondly, the guy was obviously out of his mind. The cop had plenty of time to get away to either knee cap him or go for a non deadly shot. Why did he get so close to the guy? I dont think anyone should be killed by police unless there is no escape for the officer. Not including instances where officers choose to get too close a mentally deranged suspect. This video made me a little sad especially with the jerk off narrating like it was an exciting rush to see a man get slaughtered.

Do you guys think the link below is the guy?


This is one of the most monumentally fucking stupid posts in the history of this site. If you aren't going to use your fucking brain, provided you even have one, before commenting on a story, then you should consider simply not commenting at all.
 
Not sure why people are so quick to assume he was mentally ill or suffering from some issue with a weak brain. Dude very well may have simply been a huge asshole and wanted to fuck with people or hurt people that day, simple as that. Prob ALWAYS a scumbag long before this.



Military is FULL of scumbags. Really wouldn't be surprising at all if he was a vet.




So....he was a huge fucking douchebag. Gotcha.




This is one of the most monumentally fucking stupid posts in the history of this site. If you aren't going to use your fucking brain, provided you even have one, before commenting on a story, then you should consider simply not commenting at all.

Ooh your dick must have really gotten hard coming up with that one lol Seriously?? My comment warranted that response?? So basically Kevin Costlow, the "douchebag", must be your spirit animal. You must be very familiar with that kind of senseless rage obviously. oh and you dont scare me and I will continue to have my own opinion. Toodles sargeant psycho
 
Not sure why people are so quick to assume he was mentally ill
In the video, we can see a cop had a very real and very loaded gun pointed at the guy's chest. The guy's response to this was yelling at the cop, pointing at the emblem on his own T-shirt, menacingly approaching the cop (making him back up for quite a ways), swinging a piece of shitty rotten-looking wood at the cop's head and eventually hitting the cop with it. It was only after like some time of aggressively menacing the cop and literally chasing the cop like this that that the cop finally shot him.

What was in the video gave every appearance of that man being a classic "madman". If you didn't watch that vid you will want to look. Don't bother with the censored versions, if the uncensored is gone I downloaded it for safekeeping, just saying. I wish I could hear what the guy was yelling.

BTW: cops in Finland would have shot non-fatally in this instance since they didn't see a gun or knife. Just mentioning.
 
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I was kinda thinking maybe a diabetic hypo (or) hyperglycemia event.
Starts off while he was driving (would explain the erratic driving and accidents).
Something in his brain gets cross wired and instead of acting rational he immediately goes to rage mode...

YMMV. I'm sure they'll announce something after the postmortem.
 
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