{"id":1966592,"date":"2023-07-07T12:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T16:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-shooting-suspect-told-police-killing-spree-was-to-help-fight-gun-violence\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T16:30:07","slug":"philadelphia-shooting-suspect-told-police-killing-spree-was-to-help-fight-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-shooting-suspect-told-police-killing-spree-was-to-help-fight-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia shooting suspect claims killing spree was to combat gun violence."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphiladelphia-shooting-suspect-told-police-killing-spree-was-to-help-fight-gun-violence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Suspect&#8217;s Motive: Fighting Gun Violence<\/h2>\n<p>The suspect accused of gunning down five people in Philadelphia on Monday has told police he was trying to assist the police and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-ive-been-leading-effort-to-fight-gun-violence-since-2012\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz: I\u2019ve been leading effort to fight gun violence since 2012\">fight gun violence<\/a>, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Kimbrady Carriker was arrested Monday night after the spree and \u2014 after telling police they had done a good job \u2014 told the arresting officers he was out to help the police because \u201call these guys are out there killing people,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia-mass-shooting-kimbrady-carriker-motive-murder-20230705.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>, which cited police sources it did not name.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carriker, 40, faces five counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-gun-control-experiment-hits-critical-mass-philadelphia-cemetery-running-room-firearm-deaths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first-degree murder<\/a> and other charges.<\/p>\n<h3>A Disturbing Preceding Incident<\/h3>\n<p>Neighbor Glenda Drew, who watched video of the incident, said before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-man-engaged-to-be-married-killed-by-hamas-terrorist-near-judaisms-holiest-site\/\" title=\"Israeli Man Engaged To Be Married Killed By Hamas Terrorist Near Judaism\u2019s Holiest Site\">shooting began<\/a> that Carriker stood in the street and called out, \u201cHoorah! It\u2019s time to go to war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the inquirer probed Carriker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-key-senate-dem-vote-to-oppose-biden-nominee-neera-tanden-for-overly-partisan-statements\/\" title=\"Manchin, Key Senate Dem Vote, To Oppose Biden Nominee Neera Tanden For \u2018Overly Partisan Statements\u2019\">social media history<\/a>, it found a now-deleted Facebook account in which Carriker recently posted about \u201cevil spirits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he needed to conduct \u201cpatrols\u201d in his neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Carriker was in \u201ca dark place\u201d recently, roommates said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/kimbrady-carriker-philadelphia-mass-shooter-gender-criminal-record-extremism-20230705.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>. They said he supported vigilante justice to help the police.<\/p>\n<p>The Inquirer said that in his posts, he blamed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/suspect-arrested-mass-shooting-cross-dressing-blm-supporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">people in his neighborhood<\/a>, who he said encouraged younger people to commit crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are without a doubt promoting and participating in robbing, prostitution, scamming, and murder,\u201d <strong>Carriker wrote<\/strong> on June 20. \u201cWhen one of their monsters is killed they cry foul. Boohoo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carriker had been \u201cacting strange\u201d recently, police were told, including one instance in which he paced through his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-shooting-suspect-told-police-killing-spree-was-to-help-fight-gun-violence\/\" title=\"Philadelphia shooting suspect claims killing spree was to combat gun violence.\">house wearing body armor<\/a> and carrying an AR-15.<\/p>\n<p>Carriker told police \u201cYahweh\u201d would send him help, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/05\/us\/philadelphia-shooting-suspect-kimbrady-carriker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Times noted a recent Facebook post he made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<p>Carriker then quoted Isaiah: \u201cTo save you, I will send an army against Babylon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will break down the city gates; and the shouts of her people will turn into crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors said Carricker had given\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bodycam-shows-cop-instantly-shift-friendly-police-mode-kill-active-shooter-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no inclination<\/a> of what was going on inside his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe never gave us a problem, he was always a nice guy,\u201d Bernard Mason, 53, who lives across from where Carriker was living, said. \u201cWe saw him a couple of times in full heels and a dress and didn\u2019t think nothing of it, that\u2019s his thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/philadelphia-shooting-suspect-told-police-killing-spree-help-fight-gun-violence\/\">Philadelphia Shooting Suspect Told Police Killing Spree Was to Help Fight Gun Violence<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>officers that he was actually trying to help them and combat gun violence. Carriker, the suspect in the Philadelphia shooting that claimed five lives, made this claim during his arrest on Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1966593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}