the shooter identified as 48-year-old dennis marks. a former tsa agent and member of the sovereign citizen antigovernment movement. he stormed the forsythe county courthouse and started firing. the shooting lasted 90 seconds before he was shot and killed can. he had intended to take hostages. he was due in court on marijuana and firearms charges. a deputy was also shot but he is expected to be okay. well, d-day vet jim martin was 23 years old when he parachuted into france and he has done it again at the age of 93. [ applause ] as part of the 70 anniversary of d-day martin joins soldiers a third of his age and pair shooted into parachuted into the same spot he did in world war ii. the experience was different this time. nobody shooting at me.
all on the scene this hour at the suspect s home amid deep concerns he booby trapped it before he left. authorities say if it wasn t for a deputy who was shot in the leg, stopping the suspect, this could have been a major catastrophe. cnn has team coverage of the breaking story. we ll go live to cnn s nick valencia on the ground in georgia in just a moment. let s bring in justice correspondent, pamela brown. you re working your sources and learning information about this suspect who s now dead. yeah, we just found out moments ago, wolf, according to a law enforcement source with firsthand knowledge of the situation down in georgia that the suspect, dennis marks, was part of this anti-government group. he was part of the sovereign citizens movement. and basically this is a subculture of people who reject authority and the government. according to information about this group. they re a group of people who believe that they get to decide what laws they obey and don t obey. it s not up
we train our law enforcement people very well. we have a lot of long-tenured employees. and the sheriff and his administration just do a great job. we take health and safety very seriously here in forsythe county. brian tam is the commissioner of that county. thank you, mr. tam, very much for joining us. pamela, do you have any more information on this sovereign citizens movement? i personally have never heard of it. yes, i ve just been reading up on it. fwa it s basically, wolf, the subculture of people who prejekt the government. they believe they should decide what laws they obey. they shouldn t be told by law enforcement. so there s the sort of anti-law enforcement sentiment in this group. and learning a little bit more about dennis marks, we know he faced 11 felony charges and was supposed to appear in court today for a drug charge and then we learned from authorities that he wanted to actually drive his truck right into the front of that courthouse. and, of course, as we ve l