{"id":12449,"date":"2025-07-21T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/12449\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T08:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:02:08","slug":"brother-of-former-nfl-player-and-army-ranger-pat-tillman-reportedly-drove-car-into-san-jose-post-office-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/12449\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother of former NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman reportedly drove car into San Jose post office, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man accused of deliberately driving a vehicle into a Northern California post office is reportedly the brother of late NFL player and US Army ranger Pat Tillman<\/a>, the US Postal Inspection Service said.<\/p>\n

The investigation began when police and firefighters in San Jose responded to reports of a burning vehicle in the box lobby area of the Almaden Valley Station Post Office about 3 a.m. Sunday, the USPIS said in a statement emailed to CNN.<\/p>\n

The fire was extinguished and police took a man into custody, the statement said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe person in police custody is named Richard Tillman, who is reported to be the brother of the late NFL player and US Army soldier Patrick Tillman,\u201d the service said.<\/p>\n

The suspect told officers at the scene he is Pat Tillman\u2019s brother and said he live-streamed the crash on a social media platform, KNTV in San Francisco<\/a> reported, citing a source with knowledge of the investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cPostal inspectors are investigating the incident as a potentially intentional act,\u201d USPIS said.<\/p>\n

Richard Tillman is being held without bond and is due to appear in court Wednesday, according to Santa Clara County Sheriff\u2019s Office booking information<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pat Tillman, who led his high school football team in San Jose to a championship before playing at Arizona State University and advancing to the NFL, was killed while serving as a US Ranger in Afghanistan in 2004.<\/p>\n

The former Arizona Cardinals player \u2013 who turned down a multimillion-dollar contract with the team to enlist with the US Army following the September 11 attacks \u2013 was shot in the head three times by US soldiers who mistook him<\/a> for the enemy.<\/p>\n

In a post on X Sunday<\/a>, the San Jose Fire Department said about 50 personnel attended the scene of the post office fire, with no injuries reported.<\/p>\n

Photos from the fire department show firefighters dousing the charred entrance to the building.<\/p>\n

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