Planned mass shooting at a Walmart store was stopped by the authorities
Authorities in Texas arrested a man accused of plotting to carry out a mass shooting at a Walmart, and a search of the suspect's home turned up firearms, ammunition and materials officials described as "radical ideology paraphernalia."
Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, was arrested Friday in Kerrville and has been charged with making a "terroristic threat to create public fear of serious bodily injury," the Kerr County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Sunday.
Investigators said they intercepted a message from Blevins on Thursday indicating he was "preparing to proceed with a mass shooting" and that the threat included Walmart. Blevins was taken into custody the next day.
The Texas Department of Public Safety, U.S. Secret Service, FBI and Kerrville Police Department all assisted in the operation; Authorities searched his home and, according to the release, "firearms, ammunition, electronic evidence, concentrated THC, and radical ideology paraphernalia, including books, flags, and handwritten documents were seized."
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