Man tied to Idaho pastor's shooting arrested at White House

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A fugitive wanted by Idaho authorities for wounding a church pastor apparently wrote a manifesto contending that Martians controlled the Earth, police said.

Kyle Odom, 30, was arrested about 5:30 p.m., Tuesday by U.S. Secret Service agents after allegedly throwing items over the fence at the White House.

"I think everyone can breathe a good sigh of relief that at least this part of the case has come to a conclusion," Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White said.

Meanwhile, Pastor Tim Remington, shot six times Sunday outside his church in Coeur d'Alene, about 30 miles east of Spokane, has regained consciousness and is talking with his family.

Coeur d'Alene Police Detective Jared Reneau said Odom had attended Remington's church a few times and apparently was the author of a manifesto that contended the pastor was a member of a Martian species that had taken over the Earth. Details were contained in electronic documents that Odom apparently mailed to his family and news media outlets this week.

White said he was told Odom threw computer flash drives and other unidentified items over the White House fence. Hazardous materials and bomb teams were working to identify the other items, he said.