Manifesto offers insights into suspected shooter of Idaho pastor
WASHINGTON -- A fugitive wanted for shooting a pastor in Idaho was arrested Tuesday outside the White House.
Kyle Odom made his first appearance in court Wednesday and was held without bail.
The 30-year-old decorated former Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was arrested by the Secret Service Tuesday night after tossing a flash drive and several documents over a White House fence. President Obama was in the residence at the time.
Odom had traveled to Washington from Idaho after allegedly attacking a prominent pastor on Sunday. Investigators say Odom shot pastor Tim Remington six times outside his church in Coeur d'Alene. Remington, who just a day earlier had given the invocation at a rally for presidential candidate Ted Cruz, is expected to survive.
Police say Odom has a history of mental illness.
Before his arrest, he sent a manifesto to local media, in which he wrote that he "grew up in a loving family" and is "100-percent sane." But he also said he "attempted suicide twice" and that his "life was ruined ... by an intelligent species of amphibian-humanoid from Mars."
It included a section addressed to the president, and a list of members of Congress and Israeli leaders who he labeled "noteworthy Martians."
The manifesto -- which also mentions his encounters with Remington -- led Idaho police to believe that Odom might be headed to D.C.
Despite a warrant for his arrest on attempted murder charges, Odom, who was considered armed and dangerous, flew from Boise to Washington on Monday.
TSA was not alerted to the warrant until after Odom took his flight. TSA only routinely screens passengers against the "no-fly list" for suspected terrorists.
Had Odom been pulled over in a car, police likely would have seen the arrest warrant immediately.