Denver Gunman Lyndon McLeod Spouted Violent Views Online for Years, Wrote ‘the Weak Better Buckle Up’
Lyndon McLeod, who police say killed five people in the a deadly rage in the Denver area, is an author dedicated to deeply sound philosophies, including male supremacy, conflicting COVID-19 beliefs, and targeted violence against the “weak.”
McLeod seems to have run a lot of Twitter and Instagram accounts under the alias Roman McClay, which he used for his book trilogy. Ratify. The series, with the first of which was described in an Amazon review as “eloquent reflections on the hierarchy of dominance, psychology, technology, nature, violence, anatomy, and physiology.” , sexual morality, drug use, politics, and the whole mess,” after a character named Lyndon McLeod, a character named after its author, who “committed 46 murders” people” in the book and a character he seems to allow into his real life. The Daily Beast discovered that at least two Twitter users identified McLeod and McClay as one and the same month, or even years, before the shooting occurred.
In his posts, McLeod seems to frequently use excerpts from his work to comment on current events, such as the COVID disinformation meme on Twitter featuring Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The meme, posted on May 1 of last year, featuring billionaires “discussing” their approach to the pandemic, with Gates being thanked for mandatory vaccinations while Zuckerberg being congratulated for having an “injectable nanoworm” .
McLeod, who was killed by Lakewood police on Monday after shooting her in the stomach, captioned the photo with a quote from one of his characters from his series: “It’s not really a so many worms, however I understand the point.”
He also happily pointed out that some people claim violence should be addressed. While discussing a 2014 YouTube video titled, “Mike Tyson DESTROYS Reporter!” On Twitter, McLeod, as McClay, called the reporter “passively aggressive” and praised Tyson for using “Direct Offensive”—all before alluding to threats of violence against him. “WEAK”.
“This is basically the plot for my stupid book,” he written in April 2020. “Our whole society is made up of bad kids who insult the bad guys and stay away from it because law enforcement and social norms protect the WELL. from STRONG. I pass it.”
“The weak better wear seat belts… the worst is about to happen,” he wrote.
In one Tuesday press conference, police confirmed that McLeod, whose records show that he owned his own tattoo parlor called Flat Black Ink, had targeted each of his victims one by one.
Right-wing rapper and social media personality Nzube Olisaebuka Udezue—Known as Zuby — hosted McClay on his podcast for discussion Ratify in 2019. The presenter claims the book is “now blowing up Twitter”, though he admits he hasn’t read it.
Police said at a news conference on Tuesday that McLeod had previously been investigated in 2020 and 2021, but they did not comment on what he was under investigation. Kurt Barns, a spokesman for the Denver Police Department, told The Daily Beast he was not aware of a link between McClay and McLeod but would pass the information on to investigators.
