![]() In a court filing, an FBI agent said the agency received a report of threatening online communications on Instagram on Tuesday. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten said in a news release.įBI received report of threats made on Instagram Pietila "evinced a neo-Nazi ideology, antisemitism, glorification of past mass shooters, and a desire and intent to mimic past mass shooters or mass casualty events," U.S. "Equipment: hand-made pipe bombs, molotovs, Two Stag-15s, 12 guage shotgun and two back up Glock 18s AND a Akm full auto conversion," the note reads, according to officials. Note found with date, list of equipmentĪuthorities said they found a note in Pietila's phone with the name of an East Lansing synagogue, the date March 15, 2024, and a list of equipment. Attorney's Office said.Ī search of Pietila's home turned up ammunition, magazines, a shotgun, a rifle, a pistol, knives and other firearm accessories, along with a Nazi flag, gas masks and military manuals, officials said. Seann Patrick Pietila, 19, was arrested Friday and charged with transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure another, the U.S. Watch Video: Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers found guilty in synagogue attackĭETROIT - A Michigan teen with antisemitic views and a desire to mimic past mass shootings had a plan to kill and might have been targeting a synagogue, federal officials said.
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