Tiller shooting suspect said to be 'mentally ill'

Tiller shooting suspect said to be 'mentally ill':

"The chief suspect in the murder of Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller is said to have believed in 'justifiable homicide,' allegedly suffered from mental illness and may have been convicted for criminal use of explosives while he was part of an extremist anti-government group.

Scott P. Roeder, 51, of Merriam, Kan., is accused of fatally shooting Tiller with a handgun while the late-term abortion doctor served as an usher at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita at 10 a.m. Sunday. Tiller's wife and daughter were also in attendance at the service.

Wichita Deputy Police Chief Tom Stolz said the shooter threatened two people who attempted to stop him. Roeder was arrested three hours after the shooting in Kansas City. Police said they did not find a weapon in his possession.

According to ABC News, a man named Roeder was charged in 1996 with criminal use of explosives after police found bomb components in the trunk of his car. The conviction was subsequently overturned when an appeals court ruled that the materials were obtained during an illegal search of his vehicle."