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Associated Press - March 5, 2010 6:15 PM ET
DALLAS (AP) - The Pentagon shooter who wounded two Pentagon police officers before they fatally shot him had been stopped by a Texas state trooper for speeding last month.
John Patrick Bedell was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire last night at an entrance to the Pentagon. The two wounded Pentagon police officers suffered minor injuries.
His parents reported him missing Jan. 4, a day after a Texas Highway Patrol officer stopped him for speeding in Texarkana. Bedell told the highway patrolman he was heading to the East Coast, and began acting strangely - sitting on his knees by the side of the highway and turning off his cell phone when it would ring.
Bedell said it was his mother calling, prompting the patrolman to answer the phone and talk briefly with her. Family friend Reb Monaco said Kaye Bedell asked the officer to take him to a mental health facility, but that the son refused.
The patrolman let Bedell go after issuing a speeding ticket and a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, including a pipe and a green plastic box with marijuana residue.
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