'Paranoid recluse' killed deputy and locksmith in police shoot-out

The ‘paranoid recluse’ who shot dead a sheriff’s deputy and a locksmith had with him sinister tools to carry out the grim shootings – including a gas mask, high-powered assault rifle, and was found wearing a ballistic vest.

That, along with several other weapons, were found with the yet-unidentified remains of the person suspected of killing the two men.

The shooting led to a day-long standoff that ended Thursday night when the four-unit apartment building caught fire.

The suspect in the killing of a sheriff's deputy and locksmith during an eviction had a gas mask and was armed with several weapons, including a high-powered assault rifle, and other weapons when his body was found in the burnt ruins of an apartment building, police reported Saturday.

Modesto police spokesman Sgt. Brian Findlen said that authorities recovered a badly burned body that has not been positively identified. But they said the male is the suspect in the slayings.

The weapons were found close to the suspect's body along with police-style radios, police said. Read More

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