GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Police have identified one of the five people killed in a shooting in a Phoenix suburb as a former Marine with ties to new-Nazi and Minutemen groups.
Jason Todd Ready organized a militia in the Arizona desert with the goal of finding illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.
The 39-year-old known as “JT” outfitted himself with military fatigues, body armor and gas masks, and carrying assault rifles.
Police says the four others killed in Wednesday’s shootings in a home in Gilbert include 16-month-old Lily Lynn Mederos, 23-year-old Amber Nieve Mederos, 47-year-old Lisa Lynn Mederos and 24-year-old Jim Franklin Hiott.