▁Virginia ▁Te ch ▁officer ▁Mate en ' s ▁inqu iry ▁about ▁bringing ▁a ▁weapon ▁to ▁class ▁is ▁at ▁best ▁extremely ▁disturb ing ". ▁Days ▁later ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Mate en ▁" was ▁invol unt arily ▁dismiss ed " ▁from ▁the ▁program ▁and ▁never ▁became ▁a ▁cert ified ▁corre ctions ▁officer . ▁ ▁Mate en ▁then ▁worked ▁for ▁British - based ▁security ▁firm ▁G 4 S ▁Sec ure ▁Sol utions ▁in ▁Jup iter , ▁Florida , ▁from ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁until ▁his ▁death . ▁The ▁company ▁said ▁two ▁screen ings ▁of ▁Mate en — one ▁conducted ▁upon ▁h iring ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 — had ▁raised ▁no ▁red ▁flags . ▁Non eth eless , ▁G 4 S ▁removed ▁Mate en ▁from ▁his ▁job ▁post ▁at ▁a ▁cour th ouse ▁because ▁of ▁thre ats ▁he ▁made ▁towards ▁cow ork ers , ▁including ▁one ▁threat ▁where ▁he ▁claimed ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁al - Q a eda ▁kill ▁a ▁deput y ' s ▁family . ▁Mate en ▁had ▁claimed ▁that ▁his ▁cow ork ers ▁and ▁cour th ouse ▁deput ies ▁were ▁making ▁rac ist ▁comments ▁towards ▁him . ▁Despite ▁this , ▁G 4 S ▁" ke pt ▁Mate en ▁as ▁an ▁employee " ▁but ▁moved ▁him ▁" to ▁a ▁k ios k ▁at ▁a ▁g ated ▁community ▁in ▁Pal m ▁Beach ▁County ." ▁They ▁never ▁informed ▁the ▁community ▁or ▁its ▁property ▁management ▁company ▁about ▁why ▁he ▁was ▁transferred ▁there . ▁