Kyle Odom
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Kyle Andrew Odom is an American attempted murderer and conspiracy theorist convicted to twenty-five years in prison for the shooting of pastor and Idaho House of Representatives member Tim Remington.
Early Life and Context of Crimes
Odom himself claims he was both born and raised in northern Idaho. After High School, he joined the Marine Corps, during which time he developed an interest in science that led to him earning a degree in biochemistry at the University of Idaho.[1][2] In the Spring of 2014, he discovered meditation, during which he claimed to have achieved "extreme states of consciousness" which increased his mental stamina. Odom started experiencing delusions of encountering extraterrestrial beings hailing from Mars, which he stated attempted to negatively affect his life in a multitude ways, including manipulating his body, inserting artificial thoughts into his mind that were not his own, making him think of fictional song lyrics, attempting to shape him into the "next school shooter", and causing synchronicities in life events.[2]
Odom began to write posts on the social media platform Meta Platforms, known as Facebook at the time, using a profile picture containing a rendering of the extraterrestrial beings he encountered.[3][4] Odom claimed he was receiving messages from Tim Remington, which subjects were either regarding Christianity or references to the higher power of the extraterrestrials.[2]
Crimes and Arrest
After mounting delusions of contact with Remington and that his church was filled with extraterrestrials disguised as humans, on March 6, 2016, Odom approached the pastor in a the parking lot of Altar Church and fired at Remington six times with a .45-caliber pistol in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.[4][3][1] The gun shots hit Remington in the back and head, though he survived. Odom then fled the scene despite having previously planned another attack on outreach pastor John Padula.[4][3][1] Police found Odom's vehicle at the scene of the crime.[4] After successfully evading police, Odom later boarded a flight to Washington, D.C. and approached the White House, at which point he began tossing items over the fence, including flashdrives and a twenty-five-page manifesto addressed to the United States president containing his beliefs surrounding extraterrestrial behavior, including that they were "hypersexual" and "hyperaggressive."[5][1][2][4][6][7] Odom was then promptly apprehended by United States Secret Service members at 8:27 p.m., though the arrest was disconnected from the attempt on Remington's life.[4][6]
Court Proceedings
In July of 2017, Odom pleaded guilty to aggravated battery with a felony firearm and was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison, ten of those years are fixed, and afterward he will be eligible for parole.[3][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Miller, Michael. "Idaho shooting suspect's 'hypersexual' Martian manifesto is a window into an unraveling mind".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Odom, Kyle. "Odom Manifesto" (PDF). New York Magazine. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Johnson, Alex. "Kyle Odom sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting Coeur d'Alene pastor". KHQ-TV.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Maben, Scott. "Secret Service arrests suspected shooter of CdA pastor outside White House". The Spokesman-Review.
- ↑ Date, Jack. "How Idaho Shooting Suspect Kyle Odom Was Able to Fly to DC".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Johnson, Alex. "Pastor Shooting Suspect Kyle Odom Charged, Claims Martians Control Earth".
- ↑ Karimi, Faith. "'100% sane, 0% crazy': Letter linked to shooting mentions Martians, aliens". CNN.
- ↑ "Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Shooting Idaho Pastor". Idaho State Journal.
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