FBI arrests Horizon City man for alleged active shooter threats against El Paso Walmart stores
A 29-year-old Horizon City man was arrested Friday night for alleged threats made toward El Paso Walmart stores, according to the local FBI office.
At about 8 p.m. Thursday, agents with the FBI's El Paso Field Office received a tip that a social media post contained a photograph of a weapon and text reading #watchoutwalmartimcoming #droplikeflys....”
The threats came from Horizon City and Chaparral, New Mexico. The FBI, with El Paso Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives executed federal search warrants and arrested the alleged owner of the social media account, Alex R. Barron, at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
"This incident should serve as a reminder that the El Paso FBI has zero tolerance for anyone who threatens to do harm to others, especially after August 2019," special agent in charge Luis Quesada said on Twitter. 'Anyone who makes a social media post threatening to be a potential active shooter should expect to be identified and prosecuted."
Read more: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2020/05/09/fbi-arrests-individual-active-shooter-threat-against-el-paso-walmarts/3102742001/
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