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WASHINGTON – The two-gun Californian shot to death trying to attack the Pentagon had a history of mental illness and marijuana abuse, along with a grab bag of anti-government conspiracy theories, law enforcement officials said Friday.
The parents of John Patrick Bedell, 36, of Hollister, Calif., warned California authorities last month that their son was missing and might have a gun.
“We are devastated as a family,” Kaye and John Bedell said in a statement. “We may never know why he made this terrible decision. One thing is certain though – his actions were caused by an illness and not a defective character.”
