Riley found the 11-year-old hiding between the cabinet and the toilet and shot her multiple times after demanding to know where “Amber” was, according to Judd. He shot the family dog twice in the bedroom before fatally shooting Gleason, his 33-year-old partner and their 3-month old baby, all three of whom were hiding in the bathroom, according to the sheriff. Riley then allegedly broke into the main house by shooting out the back door. Riley first broke into the grandmother’s apartment by shooting through a window and eventually killing her, Judd said. All made up by him,” Judd said, adding, “There was no victims of sex crime in that house.”

“He explained that those were so he could find his way out in an emergency at night and so if he found Amber, she could find her way to escape from this house where she was a sex crime victim. He then set out the glow sticks throughout the property, according to Judd. Riley told police he returned to the scene to do “reconnaissance outside of the house in the moonlight.”Īfter inspecting the property, Riley slashed the tires on two vehicles outside the home and set one on fire. Judd said video from Riley’s neighborhood shows him leaving his house around 1:00am in his F-150 truck with a large shoulder bag. Riley told investigators it was at this point, “God told me to kill everyone and to rescue Amber because she’s a victim of sex trafficking,” Judd said.ġ1-year-old played dead during the shootingĪfter the confrontation, Riley went home and, according to Judd, proceeded to argue with his girlfriend about whether or not he could in fact talk to and hear from God directly, “but never mentioned violence.” He was very angry at Justice because he thought Justice had kept him from seeing this child Amber who was going to commit suicide,” Judd said. “Now we know (…) that when our suspect left, Riley, he was very angry. Riley told investigators he came upon Justice Gleason, who was mowing his lawn and told him, “Hey, God said that I need to talk to Amber because she’s going to commit suicide,” according to Judd.Īfter Gleason told Riley no one by the name of Amber lived at his house, the grandmother emerged, threatening to call the police, and Riley departed “very angry,” Judd said.Īn 11-year-old girl, who was wounded but not killed in the shooting, was also in the yard with Gleason, Judd said. According to Judd, Riley left his friend’s house, who lived in the area of the crime scene, around 7:10 p.m. The timeline of events began on Saturday, Judd said, when Riley stopped by a friend’s house to pick up a first-aid kit and said he was planning to go help with Hurricane Ida relief assistance.

Riley confronted the neighbors about ‘Amber’ prior to the shooting CNN has reached out to the public defender’s office several times this week and has yet to hear back.

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