A one-time member of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement,
Ready, 39, was a committed white supremacist, a former Republican
precinct committeeman and a failed candidate for Mesa City Council.
Charismatic
and articulate, he was once a rising star in Arizona's burgeoning,
anti-Mexican nativist movement where his inflammatory rhetoric and
radical political ideas were largely embraced.
However, his
far-right extremist ties eventually became so overt that the
anti-immigrant movement shunned him as an embarrassment.
White supremacist JT Ready opens fire on family
In what may be a quadruple murder-suicide, JT Ready presumably shot and
killed his girlfriend, 47-year-old Lisa Mederos, Lisa's daughter
22-year-old Amber Mederos, Amber's 22-year-old boyfriend Jim, and
Amber's 2-year-old daughter Lilly, according to a law enforcement
source. This information has not officially been released by Gilbert
Police.
