Brother Of Nfl Hero Pat Tillman Taken Into Custody After Dramatic Fiery Crash Into California Post Office

The relative of precocious NFL fable and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman was progressive successful an early Sunday greeting car clang that caused a station agency to drawback connected fire. 

San Jose Police are investigating a clang that occurred astir 3 a.m. section clip astatine nan station agency successful question, per NBC Bay Area, and Richard Tillman was nan main fishy arsenic he was taken into custody successful narration to nan fire. 

When constabulary arrived, they recovered a conveyance drove into nan station agency and caught connected fire, which besides caused nan building to occurrence up. 

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Arizona Cardinals protect backmost Pat Tillman smiles during nan pregame. (Getty Images)

Richard Tillman besides told officers that he was Pat Tillman’s relative astatine nan scene, according to nan outlet. He said he was unrecorded streaming nan business connected societal media arsenic well.   

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Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office jailhouse records corroborate Richard Tillman was booked connected Sunday, though nary charges person been made publically known. He besides does not person a bail magnitude pinch a tribunal quality scheduled for July 23. 

San Jose Police is moving pinch San Jose Fire Department arson investigators, arsenic good arsenic nan US Postal Inspectors, to find who will lead nan investigation into really nan occurrence occurred successful nan building. 

Pat Tillman died nether tragic circumstances successful 2004. (Getty Images)

Pat Tillman was an NFL prima for nan Arizona Cardinals who famously near his profession successful shot to enlist successful nan United States Army successful May 2002. The determination came aft nan Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. 

Tillman served successful Iraq and Afghanistan arsenic an Army Ranger, making respective combat tours earlier being killed successful nan Afghanistan mountains. 

Richard Tillman, nan relative of  Cpl. Pat Tillman, raises a toast pinch a solid of Guiness, arsenic he speaks astatine a memorial work for his brother. (David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

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While it was initially reported that Tillman was killed by force fire, nan Pentagon told his family that he was killed by friends fire. In 2007, nan Pentagon ruled that Tillman’s decease was accidental.

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