An armed man has been shot dead after opening fire on security guards at an entrance to the Pentagon. The gunman, identified as John Patrick Bedell, 36, died in hospital after the guards at the U.S. Defence Department headquarters returned fire. He is said to have harboured resentment against the military and posted online comments expressing doubts about the perpetrators of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York. Two security guards were also injured in the firefight, but their wounds are not said to be life-threatening. Bedell, from California, is said to have walked up to the entrance after getting of a subway train in Arlington, Virginia, before pulling out a handgun and shooting at security guards. In an internet posting, a user going by the name of JPatrickBedell wrote that he was 'determined to see that justice is served' over the death of Marine Colonel James Sabow, who was found dead in the back yard of his California home in 1991.That death was ruled a suicide, but the case has been the subject of several theories of a cover-up. The internet posting said the Sabow case was 'a step toward establishing the truth of events such as the September 11 demolitions'. (Daily Mail)Friday, 5 March 2010
'9/11 conspiracy theorist' gunned down by security guards in Pentagon shoot-out
An armed man has been shot dead after opening fire on security guards at an entrance to the Pentagon. The gunman, identified as John Patrick Bedell, 36, died in hospital after the guards at the U.S. Defence Department headquarters returned fire. He is said to have harboured resentment against the military and posted online comments expressing doubts about the perpetrators of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York. Two security guards were also injured in the firefight, but their wounds are not said to be life-threatening. Bedell, from California, is said to have walked up to the entrance after getting of a subway train in Arlington, Virginia, before pulling out a handgun and shooting at security guards. In an internet posting, a user going by the name of JPatrickBedell wrote that he was 'determined to see that justice is served' over the death of Marine Colonel James Sabow, who was found dead in the back yard of his California home in 1991.That death was ruled a suicide, but the case has been the subject of several theories of a cover-up. The internet posting said the Sabow case was 'a step toward establishing the truth of events such as the September 11 demolitions'. (Daily Mail)