Ex-Navy Seal 'Who Killed Bin Laden' Arrested

Robert O'Neill, who claims he fired the shots that killed the al Qaeda leader, is held after being found asleep in a car.

The former US Navy Seal who claims to have fired the shots that killed al Qaeda leader

Osama bin Laden has been arrested on a drunken driving charge.
Robert O'Neill was found by police asleep in a car parked at a convenience store in his Montana hometown.
Customers at the store called police to report a sleeping man behind the wheel of the running car around 2.30am, Butte-Silver Bow County Undersheriff George Skuletich said.
An officer woke up the man, identified him as O'Neill and noticed odd behaviour.
He denied drinking and gave different stories about where he had been, Undersheriff Skuletich said.

Bin Laden was killed at his hideout in Pakistan in 2011

O'Neill then failed a sobriety test at the scene and refused another test to find out his blood alcohol level, police said.
He was charged with driving under the influence, a misdemeanour.

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O'Neill was released after posting a $685 bond, jail records show. It is the first time he has been arrested.
It is not clear whether he has hired an attorney.
O'Neill said in a statement released through a public relations firm that he took a prescribed sleep aid to help him with severe insomnia.
He added he is innocent of the charge and will plead not guilty. O'Neill also thanked officers for their professionalism and courtesy.
O'Neill first began publicly discussing his role in the 2011 raid that killed Bin Laden two years ago.
He told the Associated Press the American public had a right to know more details about the operation.
Pentagon officials have previously said it is not clear whose shots killed Bin Laden.

Robert O'Neill