WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Gray News) – A man in Florida was arrested for allegedly making ‘violent’ threats against President Trump.
According to West Palm Beach Police, the FBI received a tip from a man who said 46-year-old Shannon Depararro Atkins made violent posts on social media against the president.
Police confirmed that on Jan. 20, an investigation into the claims began, which led to arrest of Atkins on Jan. 24, WPLG reported.
According to the police department, two posts were made on Facebook.
One post was a re-post of a message that read, “Jan 20th is the Day of Mourning for USA.” Atkins captioned his re-post, “Bullets please. Please Jesus! Save America.”
Another post read, “I’ve been banned from ‘X’, because I said I hope and pray someone kills him. History is supposed to repeat itself. We haven’t had an assassination in years.”
According to police, Atkins allegedly admitted to writing the posts.
He was arrested and charged with written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism and possession of cocaine.
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