Authorities are still saying very little about accused Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Lewis Dear, including any speculation on a motive for the shooting. However, reporters are now tracking down former neighbors of Dear and learning some very strange things. National Review editor Rich Lowry has tracked down some of the more interesting revelations reported by ABC News and the Washington Post.
classic sign of mental illness, from ABC: neighbor "said that Dear rarely talked to them,and when he did,he offered unsolicited advice..1/2
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) November 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/Chris_Cheetham/status/670734099959709697
Hang on, there’s a Part 2.
…including recommending that Hood put a metal roof on his home so the U.S. government couldn't spy on him." 2/2
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) November 28, 2015
Hood is John Hood, who lived in a mobile home next door to Dear in the small town of Walterboro, about 50 miles west of Charleston.
https://twitter.com/danielreed380/status/670734156624756736
https://twitter.com/SteelersSlob/status/670732822928367616
https://twitter.com/NewEraUSA/status/670731215696101376
The Washington Post has also talked to former neighbors of Dear, many who wished to remain anonymous.
Same w/ this, from neighbor per wapo: “He said he worked w/ the govt, & everybody was out to get him,&he knew the secrets of the U.S.A"1/2
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) November 28, 2015
"He said, ‘Nobody touch me, because I’ve got enough information to put the whole U.S. of A in danger.’ It was very crazy.” 2/2
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) November 28, 2015
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@RichLowry So basically the average water cooler conversation at The Nation?
— Dean Clark (@earldean71) November 28, 2015
@RichLowry sounds like a nut job, but does that justify a complete ignoring of the event by gop candidates? Not even condolences?
— Doc (@kulaero) November 28, 2015
Ted Cruz did offer his prayers for Colorado Springs in a tweet today, but other Republicans have yet to weigh in.
Lowry has compiled what information has so far been uncovered about Dear at National Review.