Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

JUST IN: 69-Year-Old Army Veteran and Owner of ‘Trump House’ in Southern California Dies After Being Brutally Beaten
Gateway Pundit ^ | 25/5/26 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 05/26/2026 11:41:19 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Kerry Sheron, the 69-year-old owner of the ‘Trump house’ in Southern California, has died after being brutally beaten by a Navy veteran.

Sheron, an Army veteran, was violently assaulted by 32-year-old Thomas Caleb Butler in an unprovoked attack on May 20 outside of Sheron’s home.

Kerry Sheron decorated his Escondido home with Trump banners and American flags.

The Trump-supporting Army veteran died Sunday night just days after he was hospitalized in critical condition.

Butler was previously charged with attempted murder, elder abuse, making criminal threats and battery. His charges will be upgraded after Sheron died from his injuries.

Deputy District Attorney Ross Garcia said Sheron was violently attacked by Butler.

“It was a single punch to the jaw,” Ross Garcia said, NBC San Diego. “The victim then falls to the floor, and there are subsequent hits to the victim’s head area.”

The owner of a heavily decorated pro-Trump home in Southern California has died days after he was beaten to a pulp allegedly by a Navy veteran.

Kerry Sheron, a 69-year-old Army veteran known locally for covering his residence with MAGA banners and American flags, died Sunday night after nearly a week hospitalized in critical condition.

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: butler; escondido; isitthemyogi; sheron; themagain; trumphouse
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-32 next last
Perp is a whipersnapper, 32, Navy vet. Victim, 69, Army vet. Plenty of years for the TDS-ridden perp to await his date with the Heavenly Court.
1 posted on 05/26/2026 11:41:19 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

Headline should read: “Navy beats Army”


2 posted on 05/27/2026 12:18:47 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Sailing the Sea of Ignorance on a Ship named Free Republic)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5
The incel perp. Touch guy in a Star Wars tee shirt.


3 posted on 05/27/2026 12:18:57 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Governor Dinwiddie
The feds should charge pudge with a civil rights violation. I don't trust California to administer justice.

4 posted on 05/27/2026 12:22:47 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Governor Dinwiddie

He should get the death penalty. His victim died of his wounds. He beat an older man to death. He’s in his prime. He won’t get the death penalty. This is California.


5 posted on 05/27/2026 12:27:21 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: UCANSEE2

...to death”. Fixed it.


6 posted on 05/27/2026 12:29:08 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Governor Dinwiddie

Photo shop blood splattered all over it. Wonder if leftard commmentators will cackle and gloat evilly, like they did with Charlie Kirk’s murder.


7 posted on 05/27/2026 12:42:37 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5
I read that this Star Wars boy was being divorced by his wife because all he does is play with
Legos, Star Wars toys, and video games. I don't think the guy has a job. He's about 32 years old.

8 posted on 05/27/2026 12:50:32 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Governor Dinwiddie

Guess California will hold a parade for Mr Butler? Sounds about what those Libs do…..


9 posted on 05/27/2026 12:58:32 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

Why keep mentioning the criminal who killed him is a Navy vet? Why not call him a TDS Democrat? Since our Patriot died on the same day as Saint Floyd of Fentanyl did can we riot and destroy Democrat targets? Somehow a riot is not considered a Republican thing. Where are all the Republican politicians to beat their chests and cash in on victim status?


10 posted on 05/27/2026 1:48:28 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

of COURSE they will!


11 posted on 05/27/2026 3:06:53 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Nateman

Why? Because they want to make the “military service members hate Trump” narrative. The military ain’t what it used to be. Most young military members are leftards. I’m a landlord and I always caution other landlords who say that renting to the military is a good choice.

Many, many deadbeat if not violent younger military members out there today. My own son is in the military but leans conservative. I work with a military “vet” in his mid thirties who was discharged due to having come down with Type 1 diabetes. He and his “military vet wife” are leftards.


12 posted on 05/27/2026 3:11:27 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

They most likely will, I hate to say. That’s how depraved they are.


13 posted on 05/27/2026 3:18:40 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

Give this Navy dude a metal /s
USAG needs to hate crime him to prevent the fornia illegal system from passing him on through and out the backdoor.


14 posted on 05/27/2026 3:30:37 AM PDT by Recompennation ( Deeeeeeeeezout)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

Perp wasn’t a TDS idiot but apparently had some serious mental health issues. Doesn’t justify what happened by any means. He’s a POS but the victim just happened to be there when the guy went berserk. Unfortunate to say the least.

All these nut cases need to be off the streets.


15 posted on 05/27/2026 3:58:13 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it! I want lower taxes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: maddog55

He couldn’t wait ‘til he got the chance to shoot up a mall or a schoolyard? Impatient youth.


16 posted on 05/27/2026 4:02:26 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Governor Dinwiddie

And of course he choose the guy because he was an old man. Stranger attacks are never against MMA fighters, bodybuilders, anybody who looks like they can fight back


17 posted on 05/27/2026 4:02:47 AM PDT by ac-rep
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: maddog55

Follow up...The New York Post reported from the perspective of a friend of Butler’s, who told the publication that the suspect now facing serious criminal charges “liked” the house—which Butler lived mere blocks away from.

The friend added that Butler was a Republican who supported Trump. Military.com could not confirm such statements.

“This is the guy that plays with Legos and Star Wars stuff,” the friend told the Post, adding that Butler has “severe PTSD” and intense paranoia that began following his naval career.


18 posted on 05/27/2026 4:03:19 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it! I want lower taxes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: maddog55

Reinstitutionalize. It’s not TDS, and unless he was under heavy fire on his aircraft carrier (unlikely) or whatever, it’s probably not PTSD, either. I guess we’ll have to go back to “he’s nuts,” and lock him up.


19 posted on 05/27/2026 4:08:15 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: maddog55

You can have PTSD and paranoia all day long, but you don’t beat elderly people to death. Only someone who also has pscyho/sociopathy does something like that.

If you are paranoid, you hide in your basement and peak out the window. You may or may not be provoked by a sign if your mental illness is bad enough, but what you don’t do is see an old man as a threat, and seek him out for violence.

If they didn’t give him any treatment before he killed someone, I go ahead and let him have treatment after-the-fact if you want, but prosecute him to the fullest and let him get treatment behind bars, permanently.


20 posted on 05/27/2026 4:38:23 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-32 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson