A 37-year-old man was arrested Sunday in Northern California on suspicion of threatening to kill law enforcement officials and planning a "Las Vegas-style" mass capturing, authorities stated.
The suspect was taken into custody by SWAT officers at a Tremendous 8 motel in Chico after detectives obtained proof of his plot, in accordance with a police assertion.
The proof included unspecified info that he had made "prison threats to kill particular people, specified legislation enforcement officers, and was making ready to commit a 'Las Vegas type' mass capturing with a specified deadline," stated the assertion from the Chico Police Division.
Sixty folks have been killed and greater than 400 have been wounded in Las Vegas when a gunman opened fireplace on a music competition from a high-rise lodge in 2017.
After his arrest, the Chico suspect threatened to kill further officers and their households, and he battered an officer with a desk in the course of the interview course of, the police assertion stated.
He might face expenses together with making prison threats and battery on a peace officer. He was held with out bail at Butte County Jail.