Tuesday Evening Update: Sheriff Grady Judd spoke Tuesday evening with members of the media and shared more about how an 11-year-old girl managed to survive the attack that claimed the lives of four other people. 

He says she told relatives that, after being shot seven times, she played dead and prayed. 

Tuesday 9 a.m. UPDATE:The 11-year-old girl wounded in the weekend Polk County shooting has been upgraded to stable condition.

Grief counselors are at Lake Gibson Middle School Tuesday. This is where the 11 year-old girl attends school. She was shot multiple times.

"They (counselors) will be available for as long as they are needed," said Jason Geary, with Polk County schools.

A former Marine accused of killing four people, including a baby boy, will remain in custody without bond after he appeared in court on Monday morning.

Bryan Riley, of Brandon, faces a list of charges for the deadly shooting.

• four counts of first-degree murder
• one count of attempted first-degree murder
• seven counts of attempted first-degree murder on a law enforcement officer

A public defender was requested for the 33-year-old Riley as no other conversation or a request to enter a plea was made when he appeared before a judge.

Riley is accused of shooting into a house outside of Lakeland along North Socrum Loop Road, which killed four people and left an 11-year-old girl in critical, but stable condition after she was shot seven times.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, who called Riley “a rabid animal,” said the chain of events started Saturday night when the man stopped near the home and spoke to a man on a lawnmower (believed to have been Justice Gleason, 40), and said God sent him to speak to an "Amber," one of his daughters because she is going to commit suicide.

The man said there was no one named Amber there, but Riley insisted. The man called the Sheriff's Office, and deputies searched the area for more than 20 minutes but Riley had left. 

Nine hours later, at around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, deputies said Riley came back with guns. He was dressed in full body armor when he went into the house, where there was an exchange of gunfire between him and authorities, described Judd during a press conference on Sunday. 

Riley, a former Marine who served as a sharpshooter in both Iraq and Afghanistan, appeared to have targeted the victims at random, said Judd. Once the encounter was over, Riley was injured. 

After Riley gave himself up and was taken into custody, he was taken to an area hospital for treatment. However, while he was laying on his hospital gurney, Riley allegedly jumped up and tried to grab an officer’s gun, stated Judd. 

“They had to fight with him again in the emergency room,” Judd said, adding that Riley was ultimately tied down and medicated.

Deputies and the Lakeland Police Department, who assisted in the case, found a total of four victims: 

• Justice Gleason, 40
• A white female, age 33
• A white male, 3 months old (the woman was still holding the baby boy, deputies said)
• 62-year-old woman, believed to be the grandmother and found in a house nearby

"Justice loved his kids more than anything. He was the kindest soul and the best friend I ever had," said Britney Russel. 

Riley’s longtime girlfriend told authorities that he suffered from depression and PTSD since returning from his tours overseas, but he was never violent, Judd said.

Judd said the girlfriend told authorities Riley had been slowly unraveling for weeks and repeatedly told her that he could communicate directly with God.

She said he had spent the previous week on what he called a mission from God, stockpiling supplies that he said were for Hurricane Ida victims, including $1,000 worth of cigars. 

"It’s important to underscore that just because you have mental health problems does not mean you’re not criminally liable he’s criminally liable. He played word games with us during our interviews to try to set a defense. That doesn’t work," said Judd.

Riley told law enforcement he did not know the victims.

“They begged for their lives and I killed them anyway,” Judd quoted Riley as saying to authorities during an interrogation.

Authorities declined to say how many times the victims had been shot or where they were in the home, but said they were all hiding and huddling in fear. The family dog also was shot to death.

“Prior to this morning, this guy was a war hero. He fought for his country in Afghanistan and Iraq,” said Judd. “And this morning he’s a cold-blooded killer.”

Riley, who had no criminal history, also told authorities he was on methamphetamines. His vehicle had also been stocked with supplies for a gunfight, authorities said, including bleeding control kits.

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