It has been stated that the individual who was detained for allegedly causing a fire and crashing a vehicle into a post office in San Jose over the weekend is the brother of Pat Tillman, who was a national football league player and a United States Army Ranger.
Approximately three in the morning on Sunday, law enforcement and firemen were dispatched to the United States Postal Service located in the 6500 block of Crown Boulevard. According to San Jose police, the facility caught fire as a result of the collision.
At four thirty in the morning, the fire was out, and there were no reports of injuries.
According to reports, the suspect, Richard Tillman, who is 44 years old, is the brother of Pat Tillman, who committed suicide.
After being taken into custody, Richard Tillman was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on accusation of setting fire to property. At this time, the police are looking into both the cause of the collision and the circumstances surrounding it.
Tillman is currently being kept in custody on a bail of sixty thousand dollars, and he is scheduled to make an appearance in Santa Clara County Superior Court on Wednesday.
