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<blockquote data-quote="MAKAVELI" data-source="post: 1752810" data-attributes="member: 43825"><p>Hate to break the news to you but he was a typical right wing nut job.</p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/louisiana-gunman-suffered-from-mental-illness-court-documents-show/2015/07/24/798162f0-3220-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/louisiana-gunman-suffered-from-mental-illness-court-documents-show/2015/07/24/798162f0-3220-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html</a></p><p></p><p>The Washington Post</p><p></p><p>Politics</p><p></p><p>Gunman had mental health problems, bitter family disputes, records show.</p><p></p><p>What happened inside the Louisiana movie theater(1:04)</p><p></p><p>Here's what we know about John Russell Houser, the man accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring nine inside a movie theater in Lafayette, La. (The Washington Post)</p><p></p><p>By Carol D. Leonnig, David Weigel and Jerry Markon July 24 at 5:11 PM </p><p></p><p>The gunman who opened fire Thursday in a Louisiana movie theater was a onetime entrepreneur who inveighed against women’s rights, liberals and minorities and had been involuntarily committed for mental illness, according to court documents and interviews.</p><p></p><p>John Russell Houser, 59, was one of about two dozen people who bought a ticket to an evening showing of “Trainwreck” at a multiplex in Lafayette, officials said. About 20 minutes into the movie, he stood up and began firing a semiautomatic handgun “methodically,” authorities said, killing two and injuring nine before turning the gun on himself.</p><p></p><p>Mayci Breaux, 21, a radiology student who had recently toured the hospital to which she was rushed, and Jillian Johnson, 33, an artistic force and businesswoman in the city, were sitting in the row in front of Houser. Both died.</p><p></p><p>Houser, who had an accounting degree and a law degree and once owned bars, was sliding into erratic, threatening behavior by 2008, family members said in court documents filed in Georgia that accused him of stalking his own daughter. Houser wound up estranged from his daughter, he lost his house in foreclosure and he was separated from his wife.</p><p></p><p>More than a decade earlier, Houser became known in his Georgia community as an argumentative guest on television talk shows who was fiercely anti-tax. The former pub owner known as “Rusty” also ran for several local offices, political bids that went nowhere, people who knew him recalled.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Suspect John Russell Houser, a 59-year-old Alabama man, is accused of fatally shooting two and injuring at least nine others before killing himself during a showing of “Trainwreck” in Lafayette, La.</p><p></p><p>[Another day, another massacre — and it’s hard to explain why]</p><p></p><p>“Rusty had an issue with feminine rights. He was opposed to women having a say in anything,’’ said Calvin Floyd, former host of the talk show “Rise and Shine” on station WLTZ NBC 38 in Columbus, Ga. “You could talk with him a few minutes, and you would know he had a high IQ, but there was a lot missing with him.”</p><p></p><p>As Houser lost his businesses and his family life disintegrated, he appears to have taken a darker turn, according to investigators, anti-hate groups and a review of his social media postings. He posted regularly on Internet message boards, often ranting against the government and the mainstream media — writings that investigators are reading closely for clues, said Col. Michael D. Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police.</p><p></p><p>The postings regularly praised Adolf Hitler, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups. The center said Houser registered to attend a 2005 conference held by an organization headed by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Local media in Georgia, where Houser owned a bar more than decade ago, reported that he once hung a large swastika banner outside after the city pulled his liquor license for repeatedly serving minors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MAKAVELI, post: 1752810, member: 43825"] Hate to break the news to you but he was a typical right wing nut job. [URL]http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/louisiana-gunman-suffered-from-mental-illness-court-documents-show/2015/07/24/798162f0-3220-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html[/URL] The Washington Post Politics Gunman had mental health problems, bitter family disputes, records show. What happened inside the Louisiana movie theater(1:04) Here's what we know about John Russell Houser, the man accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring nine inside a movie theater in Lafayette, La. (The Washington Post) By Carol D. Leonnig, David Weigel and Jerry Markon July 24 at 5:11 PM The gunman who opened fire Thursday in a Louisiana movie theater was a onetime entrepreneur who inveighed against women’s rights, liberals and minorities and had been involuntarily committed for mental illness, according to court documents and interviews. John Russell Houser, 59, was one of about two dozen people who bought a ticket to an evening showing of “Trainwreck” at a multiplex in Lafayette, officials said. About 20 minutes into the movie, he stood up and began firing a semiautomatic handgun “methodically,” authorities said, killing two and injuring nine before turning the gun on himself. Mayci Breaux, 21, a radiology student who had recently toured the hospital to which she was rushed, and Jillian Johnson, 33, an artistic force and businesswoman in the city, were sitting in the row in front of Houser. Both died. Houser, who had an accounting degree and a law degree and once owned bars, was sliding into erratic, threatening behavior by 2008, family members said in court documents filed in Georgia that accused him of stalking his own daughter. Houser wound up estranged from his daughter, he lost his house in foreclosure and he was separated from his wife. More than a decade earlier, Houser became known in his Georgia community as an argumentative guest on television talk shows who was fiercely anti-tax. The former pub owner known as “Rusty” also ran for several local offices, political bids that went nowhere, people who knew him recalled. Suspect John Russell Houser, a 59-year-old Alabama man, is accused of fatally shooting two and injuring at least nine others before killing himself during a showing of “Trainwreck” in Lafayette, La. [Another day, another massacre — and it’s hard to explain why] “Rusty had an issue with feminine rights. He was opposed to women having a say in anything,’’ said Calvin Floyd, former host of the talk show “Rise and Shine” on station WLTZ NBC 38 in Columbus, Ga. “You could talk with him a few minutes, and you would know he had a high IQ, but there was a lot missing with him.” As Houser lost his businesses and his family life disintegrated, he appears to have taken a darker turn, according to investigators, anti-hate groups and a review of his social media postings. He posted regularly on Internet message boards, often ranting against the government and the mainstream media — writings that investigators are reading closely for clues, said Col. Michael D. Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police. The postings regularly praised Adolf Hitler, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups. The center said Houser registered to attend a 2005 conference held by an organization headed by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Local media in Georgia, where Houser owned a bar more than decade ago, reported that he once hung a large swastika banner outside after the city pulled his liquor license for repeatedly serving minors. [/QUOTE]
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