WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The gunman who tried to enter the Air Force Base (AFB) near Jacksonville, Arkansas on Monday believed base officials planted spying devices in his home, local media reported.
“A report released Tuesday by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office shows that Larry McElroy told a deputy in January that he found three ‘spy devices’ on his electronics and chandelier after using a ‘bug’ detector he purchased from eBay,” St. Louis Today reported on Tuesday.
On Monday, Larry McElroy, 43, was shot and critically wounded by AFB guards after he drove his vehicle at the gate crashing into a street sign and exiting with a rifle.
McElroy had stated in January 2015 that General N.B. Forrest and Colonel Sanders were the AFB base officials he suspected of planting the surveillance devices in his home, according to local media.
“The names were possibly references to Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and early leader of the Ku Klux Klan, and Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken,” St. Louis Today explained.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched McElroy’s vehicle and home, and reported it did not find any explosives.
McElroy remains in critical condition.
