'He had an assault rifle and gas mask, he was ready for battle': '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.

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