Gunman Who Shot Firefighters Left Note
Wrote, "I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down, and do what I like doing best -- killing people."
Before setting his house on fire and laying a trap for the responding fireman, an ex-convict left a haunting type-written note where he made his intentions clear, officials said.
Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering read one line from the two- to three-page note officials believe was written by Williams Spengler: "I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down, and do what I like doing best -- killing people."
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Last thing in the article is interesting, maybe we should ban gasoline.
Last Dec. 7, authorities say, a 15-year-old boy doused his home with gasoline and set it ablaze, killing his father and two brothers, 16 and 12. His mother and 13-year-old sister escaped with injuries. He is being prosecuted as an adult.
The Occupy Wall Street protester who shot up the theater this summer was seemingly manipulated into it using psychoactive drugs, as was the apparent kid doing the shooting last week. These are really starting to smell like a series of false flag operations, and ham fisted ones at that.