19-year-old Alejandro Velasquez Gomez allegedly made social media posts that the FBI determined had similar language to a video posted by mass shooter Elliot Rodger.
The FBI says that Gomez’s plan was to execute a "day of retribution" similar to when Rodger killed six people and injured 14 others by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle ramming in California, then killed himself.
The complaint says Gomez threatened "revenge" on the attendees of Student Action Summit, hosted by the conservative group Turning Point USA in late July. Gomez had also posted photos of himself on social media holding a CPAC name tag bearing his name, which lead the FBI to locate him through law enforcement databases.to Tampa, Florida, on July 22 but then canceled his flight the night before, according to the complaint.
Gomez was arrested on July 22 on a Tampa arrest warrant charging him with making written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, the complaint said. A federal search warrant executed on his phone also revealed images of child pornography. Gomez allegedly told the FBI he had "intended the post to evoke Elliot Rodger and was familiar with Elliot Rodger due to extensive online research."DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree
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