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A Texas militia leader went into hiding. Months later, he turned up dead.More than six months after he went into hiding, the leader of a Texas anti-immigrant militia who was wanted by federal authorities was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, law enforcement officials said.
Police found the body of Kevin Lyndel KC Massey, 53, last month in a wooded part of Van Zandt County, Tex., Sheriff Dale Corbett said in a statement.
Someone called 911 around 6:40 p.m. on Dec. 23 to report an unresponsive person, and Massey was identified from his fingerprints, Corbett said. An autopsy will determine the official cause of death. Masseys death was first reported by the Dallas Morning News.
Border militias have faced intense scrutiny recently as immigrant advocates, civil rights groups and some law enforcement officials say immigration enforcement should be left to the agents in the field and not to armed vigilantes such as Massey.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/12/texas-militia-leader-went-into-hiding-months-later-he-turned-up-dead/
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)proven once again.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)strangulation during sex. woops.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Grins
(7,218 posts)He was one bad shit.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)But this one was determined to be the hate leader.
llmart
(15,540 posts)That's too bad.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)Quixote1818
(28,946 posts)rownesheck
(2,343 posts)Maybe the rest will follow his lead.
canetoad
(17,169 posts)Does that mean he has a record?
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)That's how I got my DHS clearance, in fact.
Kali
(55,014 posts)jmowreader
(50,560 posts)According to the Dallas Morning News, he was arrested with 20 homemade explosive devices. He did 41 months federal time for possession of a firearm by a felon, and how he got that was by patrolling the TX-MX border as part of groups of like-minded indivicuals, and kidnapped anyone they thought had crossed the border. BATF raided his hotel room and discovered a "cache" of ammonium nitrate.
He also joined the Army but was discharged after 59 days - which means he didn't even make it through basic training.
What's worse is he's got a very long rap sheet.
lastlib
(23,248 posts)It's probably good that he's dead. I'm good with him being dead.
Another "death by cop" prevented......
Captain Zero
(6,811 posts)nt
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(13,118 posts)Aristus
(66,388 posts)I hope his followers are loyal to the death...
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)One less pos in the world and Texas the better