Did W.Va. Shooter Slay 5 People Including Unborn Child for Being Rejected From the Military?
- Posted on September 6, 2011 at 6:47pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (The Blaze/AP) — A man with a high-powered rifle and two other guns shot and killed five people at a West Virginia home and fled, fatally shooting himself hours later during a police chase in Kentucky, authorities said Tuesday.
The Daily Mail reports that Riggleman’s last Facebook post — where he declares himself to be a socialist — before the shooting said he was upset about being rejected from joining the military despite being ‘fully capable’.
‘Why wouldn’t they let me join the military? I’m fully capable, and there was no career for me!’ he wrote on his profile page.
Which raises questions about Riggleman’s motivation.
Troopers found the bodies of the victims Monday at a ramshackle home west of Morgantown in northern West Virginia, state police Capt. James Merrill said at a news conference.
Merrill would not comment on a motive or say how the suspect, 22-year-old Shayne Riggleman of Morgantown, was connected to any of the victims. He called it one of the “most heinous crimes” he had come across.
Charles Richardson Jr., whose son Charles was among the dead, said he didn‘t recognize Riggleman’s name or know of his connection to the family. He told The Associated Press that he wasn’t aware of any trouble his son was having with anyone.
Charles Richardson’s father told AP his son was a FedEx employee who liked to tinker with vehicles and computers, adding “I loved my son.”
After the killings, Riggleman drove about 20 miles to Fairchance, Pa., and met with a female friend whom authorities would not identify, Merrill said. Upon leaving, he crashed into another vehicle near Fairchance and then ran down the elderly female driver as she got out of her car, according to the police spokesman.
Police declined to identify the woman, who was seriously injured.
According to police, Riggleman then fled south on Interstate 79.
Merrill said Riggleman “randomly shot and severely wounded” Don Nichols, an attendant at an Exxon station in Amma, about 30 miles outside the West Virginia capital of Charleston, before heading to Kentucky.
Nichols was reported in critical condition but was expected to survive.
Sometime later, a Lewis County, Ky., deputy tried to pull over Riggleman for reckless driving but he didn’t immediately stop, authorities said. The deputy pursued the vehicle until the driver pulled over about a half-mile down the road. The deputy found Riggleman with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Lewis County Sheriff Johnny Bivens said.
Merrill identified the five home shooting victims as 49-year-old Charles Richardson III; his wife, 50-year-old Karin Richardson; her children, 17-year-old Kevin Hudson and 22-year-old Katrina Hudson; and 30-year-old Robert Raber. Katrina Hudson was six months’ pregnant.
Raber lived in the house, but Merrill didn’t elaborate on his relationship to the other victims.
Merrill said Riggleman had three guns when he was found — the high-powered rifle, a second rifle and a .22-caliber handgun. He said he believed the five victims shot in the home were killed with the high-powered rifle.
“It’s unfortunate it ended the way it did … but I do not believe he would’ve stopped,” Merrill said.
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Comments (70)
sweetgold
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:54pmIt’s the guns, it’s the guns. Get rid of the guns and everything will be OK. Just like when the mexican cartels were armed by our government. Or maybe we should keep our guns and hope that the libs and pc folks will maybe pay closer attention to the loonies among us as they develop in grade, middle and high school. At least he had the decency to kill himself.
Report Post »SodamYat
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:15pmGet rid of them so american cartels can start to manufacturing them. Lady you are dumb as thyey come, Get rid of them where? Spoken like a true know it all dumb red-head stop trying to control everything. There will be messed up people in the world.. They are called evil.
Report Post »SodamYat
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:18pmSpoken like a true redhead
Report Post »WeeDontNeedNoSteenkingBadges
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:32pm“killed five people at a West Virginia home and fled, fatally shooting himself hours later … said he was upset about being rejected from joining the military”
Good call, U.S. military! I mean, it would’ve been all that expense & training, and then he’d just kill … HIMSELF!
Report Post »VAR1ABLE
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:36pm@SODAMYAT Reading comprehension FTW!
Report Post »SgtBarrett
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:49pm@SodamYat
You realize she was speaking tongue in cheek? You’re not very bright are you…
Come on people. We’re not really so shallow that we cant see facetiousness when its staring us in the face, right?
What a sad story though. How many people in Obama’s America are going to lose hope in change and lose their minds like this? Sounds like the kid was a bit off for the military to reject him like that.
Report Post »ReadWithYourBrain
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 8:22amRead everything the ‘redhead’ wrote, please. Sarcasm in the front, the real meat of her point follows in the body of the post. Take your time… breathe and disseminate. I think there should be a “Did you REALLY read above the post?” dialog box that pops up when one replies. Really I do. Sodamyat, I like your style! To the point, but this time, watch the friendly fire.
Report Post »ghost-of-elvis
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 8:42amnobody must have told him that the military now accepts gays..nice hat. sad story though
Report Post »pbrenda51
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 11:16amYou don’t even make sense…….the only people with guns would be criminals as they ALWAYS can find a way to get them……..if you have someone threatening you and you call the police, do you really think that in the 15 minutes it takes the police to get there, that they will be able to save you? PLEEEEEEZ….but if you have a gun, you can take care of the criminal right away, just like that…….does the 2nd amendment sound familiar to you?
Report Post »mpierce
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:32pmPsychological evaluation caused his rejection. Cannon fodder for the liberals
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:41pmGee. Not selecting a “natural born killer” of women and children for enlistment, what a poor choice, eh?
Report Post »1LarryG1
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 5:52pmThis should provide the libs with cause to outlaw mental illness. Well, I suppose they would have to issue themselves waivers.
Report Post »bigfatslob
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:03pmNews Flash ! “Avowed Socialist Agnostic Slays Innocent people” ….There you have it folks, socialist non-god believers are murderers !http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=810580149#!/profile.php?id=810580149&sk=info
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:54pmWe are seeing more and more children of baby boomers flip out when they don’t get what they want and kill people. They grew up not having to be accountable and now, they are adults and throw a temper whopi do when denied anything.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:01pmsure hate innocent people died, but I am glad this pencil neck dork did not make it into the Army
Report Post »kasper512
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 5:53amhay!dummy this was a young man not a baby boomer
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:45pmMEPS called the ball in this guy! In fact, maybe MEPS should replace TSA since they have the ability to interview someone and identify evil without an x-ray machine.
Report Post »stinkybisquit
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:38pmHe took his own picture wearing a wifebeater, a cheap gangsta hat, and a paintball gun. And another with his tongue & lips through a lawn-mower blade-sized knife, and he probably has a collection of swords with imitation-gold dragon handles. To me, that says “Military hero wanna be without the understanding of reality.” I can see why he was rejected.
Report Post »Gypsy123
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:34pmHe had turned his soul over to his god satan and he did his fathers work
Report Post »Darren
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:27pmThe face of evil looks so…happy.
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:25pmhey all, take screenshots of this kids facebook page and online info…particularly any socialist etc type rants and save them. because they will try to scrub this if this kid is left leaning in the slightest…mark my words
Report Post »davidstep
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:36pmGood call, Z. One of the first things it says. He is a socialist.
Report Post »Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:44pmYou are so correct. Possible he was right-leaning, but my money he’s a left-wing kook like Jared Loughner, and if so, the media will try to cover it up.
The media is still blaming Giffords shooter, Loughner, on George Bush, Benjamin Franklin, the Tea Party, Aryan Nation, Ronald McDonald, and the old white lady who ives underneath me.
Report Post »Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:49pmYou are so right.. He’s a socialist, and clearly states that on his Facebook. I actually downloaded his page for proof, so if they scrub it, I have an a webarchive copy of it to forward to the news.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=810580149
Now.. I wonder how many articles I can find by the leftists in this country trying to blame this on us conservative tea party members and constitutionalists?
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:25pmA soldier for Satan now gone to reap his ‘reward’. I hope you enjoy licking the flames of Perdition, Shayne Riggleman, because enduring the unspeakable and horrific tortures of Hell will be your constant companion for ETERNITY.
May God Almighty keep and protect the souls of those innocent victims so viciously murdered.
Report Post »Beckaj
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:19pmSome little things I found playing junior detective that might not be anything, but interesting I thought:
If you look at the comments on Facebook, there are 2 mentions about a baby – one that he was okay with it and one about the girl and the baby.
I also looked at the comments on his My Space and there are a bunch of comments from a girl – Kaylyn who appears to be his girlfriend. If you do a search, her name is Kaylyn Stone.
Report Post »Wiz001
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:17pmWhere were all the people who could stop this OH YEA they can’t carry to protect themselves and others.. This guy should have been stopped after 1st shots were fired.. Won’t happen at my local IHOP if i am there…We need a National right to carry, Some will say that is crazy, but what is crazy, is NOT CARRYING when the criminal ARE!!!! Even the Brits are beginning to rethink the gun laws..
Report Post »Carry them if you got them.. BUT make sure you have been to an approved course. Just the legal aspect of the course is worth it..
God Bless Our Troops,
TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:00pmHoffa’s “call to arms” coming true?
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:59pmThere are tons of reasons one cannot get into the military, no HS diploma &/or no GED, criminal history, poor entry exam test scores, failed entry drug test, maybe that recruiting region had already met their quota for the year, etc. … & that’s not to mention that the Pentagon has to shrink the Force by at least 80,000 over the next four years or so.
Of course if his photos are any indication the recruiter may have felt he was a bit to gung-ho & just too eager to go to war. All I know is for whatever reason he did some very bad things.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:19pmI‘m glad they caught this one and didn’t let him in the military. I had a good friend who almost didn’t get his secret clearance because of some trouble as a kid (lit a stick of dynomite just to see what it would do I guess).
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:50pmdont wait EXTERMINATE him NO pitty NONE what so ever KILL HIM as he KILLED ALL
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:04pmDid you even read the sory? He killed himself! Jeeez.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:14pmThank God the ones in charge of enlisting were doing their job.
This man was a detriment to society. So glad he saved the taxpayers money by avoiding a trial.
All those innocent people had to die because this man was “Upset” ??????
Report Post »Banned on the Blaze
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:37pmZoro is a product of the public schools, does not know how to read. As many of the people who come to this site they just look at the headline and then comment. I have often found that the headlines on here do not match the story all to well.
Report Post »unpata
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:42pmDid anyone read this guys facebook comments to possible friends and family…they are fully aware he is either committing suicide or going on a revenge rampage…”revenge is a dish best served cold..god is the chef“ and another comment ”rip cuz”. Wtf
Report Post »PoliticalJunkieToo
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:27pmThe Columbine shooter (main planner) was also rejected by the military.
There are NO JOBS for young people. And if a kid graduating from high school TRIES to go into the military, they find out their parents PERMANENTLY RUINED the lives of their children by drugging them up with drugs to calm them down, speed them up – whatever. Of course the mental health “experts” always always have a diagnosis to justify their jobs (and keep an income stream coming into their business) and THAT mental history in childhood RUINS ANY CHANCE of getting into the military. The Columbine kid wanted to go into the marines and was rejected. I bet this kid was rejected along the same line.
Report Post »Marengo Ohio Patriot
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:59pmThis A hole was rejected from the military for obvious (good) reason.
HE WAS A PSYCOPATH
idiot!!!!
Survivor101
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:38pmAs soon as Obama took office, he issued a warning to all military that if they were overstrength by Sept. after he took office, they would be reduced/jailed. It is a welfare program that at least there is a benefit to the taxpayer. Leave it to the Idiot-in-Chief and his ideological inability to move towards the center. Again…a welfare program that pays back to society, makes people better and the fool has to cut it for the rest that sit on their asses unwilling to do a damn thing.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:38pmI suspect that it was no more complicated than he was a nut and even his elementary school teachers would tell you the same thing. You know … low end of the gene pool.
Report Post »One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:26pmShock, another disaffected socialist gone wild…. here’s a nice quote from his Facebookpage…
“Favorite Quotations- “I ain‘t goin’ out without a fight. I’m with whatever. it WILL be YOUR LIFE before MY LIFE.”" OK, we got that straight.
Report Post »Metalist
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:22pmIs it me? Are things like this happening more? Or are we seeing “more” because the news covers it more often than before?
Seems like people are more depressed and deranged as of late.
Just an observation.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:07pmI see it every where. People are stressed and the weakest links in society are breaking. But no excuses.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:13pmThey are happening more for as our society has become sick from all the broken laws that God has put in place. We have become heartless not stand for anything zombies. Once cannot live by the credo “Believe in oneself” its the same as “No man is an island”. Taking those innocent lives with him is the true measure of his sorry state of mind and he was not insane but only full of his own bitterness. He consumed their lives in an attempt at assuaging his own anger at the world for not giving him what he wanted…rejection in the end by a world that says constantly to you “ You can be anything you wish” was just to much for him. Rejected by the military crushed his self inflated ego to pieces thus his world came crushing in on him. I’ve got news for you young people…..YOU Aint all that! Get that through your thick heads because when you find out what your really made of your going to be surprised that mommies little angel is just a turd of a person in a big bowl of em who needs help from without….Turn to God and do it soon.
Report Post »NJONY
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:21pmi just don’t understand why some one like this has to kill other people before he kills himself. He could just commit suicide and be done with it.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:20pmThe military was just the rejection waiting to happen to set off this nut. Could have been anyone telling him ‘no’ that would have set him on his road to already-planned rampage.
Report Post »johnannegalt
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:48pm..And I bet the military after reading this is letting out a big sigh of relief- “thank gosh we didn’t accept HIM!” I think you’re right, anything could’ve set him off. His political views as listed on his Facebook page were “socialist”, so really, you can‘t have any idea what twisted things must’ve been floating through his head.
Report Post »krenshau
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:13pmIf you go to his facebook page, it shows his political beliefs as a SOCIALIST! Big surprise!
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:19pmGo figure that this guy was refused by the military. Too bad he’s gone now, I’m sure the WH was looking for another … loser.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:06pmI am SURE that the MSM will make a big deal about that. Not.
Report Post »krenshau
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:10pmThis guy was a POS. I’m glad he is dead. He didn‘t get his way so he ruins how many other people’s lives? What a loser. He was probably a liberal. This is where the entitlement mentality gets you. The only thing I wish is that his gun had misfired the first time he shot it and blew his head off. It would have saved so many people so much sorrow and suffering.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:23pmHe stated on his Facebook page that he is(was) a SOCIALIST.
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 6:55pmif he had just killed himself, i would feel some pitty for him. but IF he killed all thoes others like that then i have NO sympathy and am happy he is dead. there is NO excuse for that, none, nadda, zero zilch , zip! we all have hard lives and lost dreams. we dont go out and kill innocents for no reason. PERIOD! there is NO grey area in this, there is only right and wrong
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 6:52pmApparently the MEPS station did their job well. Unfit for duty…
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:04pmMy thoughts exactly.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:28pmyep!!!
Report Post »Imagine the casualties if he had done this DURING an engagement? Turned on those around him? With an automatic?
Way 2 go, MEPS!!!
johnannegalt
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:49pmYES!! Exactly what I said! Wouldn’t want my husband getting shot (ever, really, but especially) by this freak!
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