USPS worker arrested after alleged mass shooting threat against Texas Pride event, FBI says
Authorities say he admitted posting and deleting threats, and agents recovered four firearms from his home.
- FBI agents arrested United States Postal Service employee Michael Thompson on Sunday after he allegedly posted social media threats to attack a Lubbock Pride parade.
- A tipster alerted authorities to social media posts threatening a mass shooting at a LubbockPRIDE celebration, where Thompson allegedly left comments about "hunting season" and "target practice" on a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Facebook post.
- Federal agents recovered four firearms from Thompson's residence; a prior felony domestic violence conviction bars him from owning weapons and led to charges of felon in possession and transmitting interstate threats.
- The LubbockPRIDE festival proceeded safely over the weekend with organizers praising the celebration, while Thompson remains jailed pending a Wednesday detention hearing and faces a maximum of five years in prison.
- Police in Brunswick, Georgia, arrested Christopher Waller on June 9 for allegedly threatening a local LGBTQ+ Pride event, reflecting a wider pattern of online intimidation targeting Pride celebrations nationwide.
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Man Charged With Threatening Mass Shooting at Pride Event
Federal agents say they intercepted a threat before it turned into violence at a Texas Pride event. Michael Thompson, a United States Postal Service employee from Clovis, New Mexico, was arrested Sunday after a tipster alerted authorities to social media posts threatening a mass shooting at a Pride celebration in...
Clovis man faces federal charges for threatening Lubbock Pride Fest
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A 44-year-old Clovis man faces federal charges for allegedly using social media to threaten the Lubbock Pride Fest. Michael Thompson is accused of posting threatening comments on Facebook in response to a post about the festival. On a post by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Thompson allegedly commented with statements referring to the event as “hunting season” and “target practice,” adding he didn’t need help – “just more ammo…
FBI: Man arrested after threatening to commit mass shooting during Texas LGBTQ pride parade
A New Mexico man was arrested on federal charges after allegedly posting comments online threatening to commit a mass shooting at a Pride parade in Texas, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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