One month later, Ritchie puts it differently. At no point did he shoulder the rifle and point it at somebody, the 24-year-old said, in an interview with the Guardian.
Ritchie told several reporters after the 5 August shooting that he was an ex-marine. When confronted with his seven-week service record, however, he confirmed that he had been quickly thrown out of the US marine corps in 2008 after being declared a fraudulent enlistment, over what he maintains was simply a mixup over his paperwork.
That's two lies, if you are keeping count.