19-year-old threatens mass shooting on livestream, then buys gun in Texas, US feds say


Federal officials received a tip from a person in Florida, according to court records, and eventually learned that Boone had been the one to post the threatening message by tracking the Kik user’s IP address. — Reuters

A 19-year-old’s threatening message in an online chatroom sent FBI agents to his home, federal officials said.

“Remember my name, you lll be seeing it on the news and inside articles,” he said in the chatroom during a Kik livestream in December, according to court documents. “... Google me in about three days I’m not joking.”

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