In an interview from the Riverside County Jail where he is being held, the suspect who allegedly opened fire at two teens at a Corona movie theater last week blamed his mental illness.
Joseph Jimenez, 20, claimed that eight months ago, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia but had recently stopped his medication.
“I ran out and didn’t get it refilled,” he said adding that internal voices haunted him before he brought a gun and fatally shot Rylee Goodrich, 18, and Anthony Barajas, 19.
“The voices said my friends and family were going to be killed. I wish I didn’t do it.”
The victims were shot in the head on July 26 while watching “The Forever Purge” screening at an almost empty theater.
The suspect, however, stressed that the movie’s theme had nothing to do with the shootings.
