Mother of Oakdale murder suspect speaks out

Mother of Oakdale murder suspect speaks out
Nov 13, 2012
Written by
Tim Daly

STOCKTON, CA - The mother of a 25-year-old man accused of shooting two people to death outside an Oakdale market claimed her son suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Ryan Mazzariello is suspected of killing a 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man Sunday night. Detectives with the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department still haven't released a motive for the violence. His mother said there are two factors.

"He told me, over the last year, he had problems with gang- bangers, people in the neighborhood threatening him and other military," said the woman, who doesn't want her name disclosed.

She said her son told her shortly after the shootings, "Mom, I did a terrible thing." She also said her son was capable of the violence after developing what she believes is PTSD after years in the National Guard.
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