Crime & Safety
Who is Bradley Stone?
How do neighbors and colleagues describe the Montgomery County man suspected of killing six people in a Monday shooting spree?
Who is Bradley William Stone?
Stone, 35, of Pennsburg, is suspected in the shooting deaths of six people in Montgomery County, including his ex-wife and five of her relatives.
Here is what we know about Stone so far:
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- Numerous reports cite a tumultuous relationship between Stone and his ex-wife, Nicole Hill Stone. A custody battle is suspected as a motive in the killings.
- Stone is a Marine who served from 2002 to 2011 and was deployed once to Iraq. He left with the rank of sergeant, a Marine spokesperson told 6ABC.
- The Morning Call reported he sought treatment for PTSD after being honorably discharged in 2011.
- A marine who served under Stone’s command in the Marines told NBC10 the suspected killer was “quite frankly a little odd.“ The marine, who asked his name not be used, told the news channel Stone was a “little out there.”
- Stone and Hill married in 2004 and filed for divorce in 2009, according to the Associated Press.
- Stone remarried last year and has an infant son, according to 6ABC. His current wife and son were not injured in Tuesday’s rampage.
- Neighbors called him a “great guy” before he left for Iraq. But when he came back he “was a completely different man,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
- The Inquirer also reported Stone had three DUI arrests and was on probation for one.
(Photo: Brad Stone, in an image from his Facebook profile)
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