J. T. Ready
| J.T. Ready | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jason Todd Ready February 17, 1973 Florida, U.S. |
| Died | May 2, 2012 (age 39) Gilbert, Arizona, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide by gunshot wound to the head |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Committing four murders, leader of a border militia group |
| Political party | Republican and Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Mederos |
Jason Todd "J. T." Ready (February 17, 1973 – May 2, 2012) was a former American Marine, who had received a bad conduct discharge, founder and leader of a border militia group and a former member of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement who had sought the elected office of sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona. On May 2, 2012, at Ready's home in Gilbert, Arizona, he shot and killed his girlfriend, her daughter and granddaughter, the daughter's fiancé and himself.
Ready graduated from Mulberry High School in Mulberry, Florida, in 1992. While Ready was in high school at age 18, he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and criminal mischief for swinging a baseball bat at a car driven by a teenager whom he had an altercation with at a party. He was given a sentence of one year's probation and community service.
Ready served in the U.S. Marine Corps, achieving the rank of lance corporal. He attended MCRD Parris Island and went to the School of Infantry in North Carolina. Ready was assigned to MCB Camp Pendleton with Reconnaissance Company and 1st LAR Bravo company. He was expelled from Reconnaissance Company and eventually became a Scout for a LAV-25 with a M249 light machine gun being his main weapon. During a field exercise at Twentynine Palms Base, he arrived without his M249 and was duly punished in the field by his platoon sergeant. Because of his weight and a knee injury sustained from a PT football game, he did not serve aboard the USS Anchorage when Bravo Company left with the 15th MEU in November 1995.
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