(This 30 May story corrects suspect’s name throughout to Blevins)
(Reuters) – A man suspected of planning a mass shooting was arrested in Texas after authorities intercepted a message that indicated he was “preparing to proceed”, the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) said in a statement on Sunday.
Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, made a specific threat to target a local Walmart store, KCSO said in the statement posted on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story fbid=4367463569952275&id=489002431131761.
The Sheriff’s Office posted an image of evidence apparently collected from Blevins’ apartment that showed a rifle with multiple magazines, a flag with Nazi party symbols and the national flag of Saudi Arabia. Books and hand-written documents were also seized by investigators.
AUSTIN, May 31 A man suspected of planning a mass shooting was arrested in Texas after authorities intercepted a message that indicated he was “preparing to proceed”, the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) said in a statement on Sunday. Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, made a specific threat.
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A man suspected of planning a mass shooting was arrested in Texas after authorities intercepted a message that indicated he was preparing to proceed , the Kerr County Sheriff s Office (KCSO) said in a statement on Sunday.
Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, made a specific threat to target a local Walmart store, KCSO said in the statement posted on Facebook.
The Sheriff s Office posted an image of evidence apparently collected from Belvins apartment that showed a rifle with multiple magazines, a flag with Nazi party symbols and the national flag of Saudi Arabia. Books and hand-written documents were also seized by investigators.
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A Texas man is jailed after authorities foiled his alleged plan to shoot up a Walmart. Officials in Kerr County said Sunday that several agencies working together had learned that Coleman Thomas Blevins, age 28, of Kerrville, about 65 miles northwest of San Antonio, had plans to carry out a “mass casualty event.”