In announcing murder and attempted murder charges, authorities alleged Staff Sgt. Steven Carrillo, 32, had ties to the far-right, anti-government 'boogaloo' movement and that the plot was hatched a day earlier during an online chat.
In an eight-day span, an Air Force sergeant fatally shot a federal security officer and wounded his partner outside a U.S. courthouse and ambushed and killed a California sheriff's deputy and injured four other officers, federal authorities said Tuesday.
"Pat Underwood was murdered because he wore a uniform," David Anderson, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, said at a news conference at the Dellums building.
Federal authorities said they found an American flag-like patch on Carrillo's bulletproof vest that depicted an igloo and a Hawaiian-style print. In a Facebook group that included his alleged accomplice, Robert Alvin Justus Jr., 30, and an unidentified third person, Carrillo linked to a video showing a crowd attacking two California Highway Patrol vehicles and wrote,"It's on our coast now, this needs to be nationwide. It's a great opportunity to target the specialty soup bois. Keep that energy going," the complaint states
The next day, Carrillo drove from Travis Air Force Base and picked up Justus. He offered him body armor and a firearm. Justus, who turned himself in after the deputy was killed, told investigators he wouldn't take the weapon and gear. After he returned to the van Justus drove past the guard station where Underwood and his partner were located and Carrillo fired from an open sliding door. Justus told investigators Carrillo seemed"thrilled" after the shooting, the complaint said.
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