Ranger shot at Mt Ranier

[MARIS61]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57350762/park-ranger-shot-at-mt-rainier-natl-park/

 

[MARIS61]

Apparently it's a nutjob ex-military who was asked to leave a party and has shot others, killing 2 so far. He's in the woods now, where hopefully a tree will fall on him.

 

[ABM]

Apparently it's a nutjob ex-military who was asked to leave a party and has shot others, killing 2 so far. He's in the woods now, where hopefully a tree will fall on him.

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Authorities evacuated about 125 people overnight from the visitors center at Mount Rainier National Park, where police have been searching the snowy terrain for an armed gunman suspected of killing a park ranger.

About 150 officers converged on the mountain park after ranger Margaret Anderson was shot to death Sunday morning, and searchers used an aircraft with heat-sensing capabilities to hunt from the skies.

Authorities believe the gunman was still in the woods, with weapons.

Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said that Benjamin Colton Barnes, a 24-year-old believed to have survivalist skills, was a "strong person of interest" in the slaying.

"We do have a very hot and dangerous situation," Troyer said.

Teams were assessing new tactical plans that they planned to put into place at daylight, he said.

Safety concerns prompted authorities to keep the tourists quarantined at a visitors center as the manhunt unfolded. Early Monday morning, officers escorted them out of the park in groups of vehicles over several hours...................

 

[huevonkiller]

What a creep.

http://news.yahoo.com/rainier-gunmans-body-might-found-191441433.html

They said they found him possibly.

 

[MARIS61]

Seems the military dropped the ball completely and ignored the obvious signs of impending doom. This guy should have been in custody at a mental hospital.

Barnes has had a troubled transition to civilian life, with accusations he suffers post-traumatic stress disorder and is suicidal.

He was involved in a custody dispute in July, during which his toddler daughter's mother sought a temporary restraining order against him, according to court documents. The woman told authorities he was suicidal and possibly suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after deploying to Iraq in 2007-2008, and had once sent her a text message saying "I want to die."

She alleged that he gets easily irritated, angry and depressed and keeps an arsenal of weapons in his home. She wrote that she feared for the child's safety. Undated photos provided by police showed a shirtless, tattooed Barnes brandishing two large weapons.

In November 2011, a guardian ad litem recommended parenting and communication classes for both parents and recommending Barnes be allowed to continue supervised visits with the child, two days a week. That visitation schedule was to continue until he completed a domestic violence evaluation and mental health evaluation and complied with all treatment recommendations.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

It's Bush's fault.

 

[MARIS61]

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...ier-killing-stationed-at-deeply-troubled-base

It's a regular outcome for Ft Lewis lately. A regular farm-team for violent criminals.