Minesota 20-year old arrested--likely mass killing averted

[butters]

he idolised mass shooters, and was busy building an arsenal of weapons... i would be surprised if this one didn't have serious mental health issues. Fortunately, a retired cop who saw him practising at a gun club alerted the FBI...he'd been wearing tactical gear, firing from behind a homemade plywood barricade, practising quick reloading and was also wearing a 'Punisher' mask. If this cop hadn't spoken up, who knows what would have gone down?

River William Smith, who also expressed interest in joining neo-Nazi paramilitary groups and fired an assault-style rifle in a 2019, leaving his grandmother with a hand injury, faces federal weapons charges, The U.S. Attorney General's office announced in a news release. FBI agents arrested the 20-year-old man on Wednesday after he purchased three hand grenades and four auto sears from an FBI informant, the AG's office said. An auto sear is a device that turns a firearm into an automatic weapon.

Smith, who lives in the Minneapolis suburb of Savage, had told the informant that the shooter who killed five people at an LGBTQ nightclub last month was a “hero,” called Black people “agents of satan,” and said he was ready to engage the police “with armor and full autos," an FBI agent said in an affidavit.

As the FBI surveilled Smith in November, agents saw Smith's grandmother drive him to the gun range and wait in the car while he shot. She had also purchased pistol ammunition for him, according to the federal affidavit.

It wasn't the first time Smith came to the attention of law enforcement.

In 2019, when he was 17, Smith was put on probation after he fired an AK-47-style assault rifle in a house he shared with his grandparents, according to court documents. His grandmother, who received a minor injury to her hand, told police officers at the time that she had taken two pistols from Smith and hidden them in her closet. The grandparents told police they were concerned for their safety if Smith was released from custody.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...pc=U531&cvid=db0cb9787b844ad8aa54280257927f15

 

[jaF0]

FBI: Minnesota man was making arsenal, revered mass shooters​

By STEPHEN GROVES and AMY FORLITIan hour ago
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who said he idolized the shooter who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs and was building an arsenal of automatic weapons to use against police was arrested this week as he tried to buy grenades from an FBI informant, according to charges filed this week.

 

[KeithD]

I guess the board Trumpettes go into mourning over this stifling of the freedom of speech and expression by one of their own.

 

[Lazaran]

I guess the board Trumpettes go into mourning over this stifling of the freedom of speech and expression by one of their own.

Especially since many of them very likely share the POS’s viewpoints on the LGBTQ+ nightclub shooting and black people.

SAD!!!

 

[Philthy_Phil]

Another bobo gets caught. Good.

 

[Wedge_Antilles]

If you don't already know the kinds of people who can get you grenades then the dude selling them is a cop. Period. Always and forever. Just do not buy grenades from someone you don't know. It's like never get the best looking hooker cuz she's a cop. Everyone knows it so don't fucking do it. Fuck. Stupid kids these days. Worlds going to hell I tell ya.