Upstate Newyork Shooter who killed firefighters left note showing intent to burn & kill

	Upstate Newyork Shooter who killed firefighters left note showing intent to burn & kill A sniper who ambushed volunteer firefighters in upstate New York on Monday, killing two and seriously wounding two others, left a note saying he hoped to burn down his neighborhood and kill as many people as possible, police said Tuesday. A charred body, believed to be his sister's, was found in the burned house she shared with him Tuesday, police said. William Spengler, 62, used a Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle, the same kind of weapon used in the assault on Sandy Hook Elementary School, Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering said. "He was equipped to go to war," Chief Pickering said. The shooter, who was convicted of killing his grandmother decades ago, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours later. Read more: NY man who shot dead 2 firefighters killed grandmother in 1980 Pickering, at a news conference Tuesday, read a sentence from the three-page typewritten note that detectives believe Spengler's left behind: "I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down and do what I like doing best -- killing people." Cop: Gunman set up to shoot firefighters Hear firefighters' calls after shooting The note indicated Spengler's intentions, but not his motive, Pickering said. The rest of the contents will not be made public because it is evidence in a criminal investigation, he said. There is "all kinds of speculation" about why Spengler wanted to destroy his neighborhood and kill firefighters and residents, Pickering said. One theory is <b>...</b>	From: KeepingITRealNews Views: 0 0 ratings
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