A Texas suspect’s plan “much like the lethal 2016 Dallas ambush” was thwarted by native and federal officers on Monday, authorities stated.
Seth “Andrea” Gregori, 21, was arrested on a terroristic threats warrant Monday at 9:25 a.m., the Corpus Christi Police Division stated.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified of Gregori making terroristic threats towards Corpus Christi Police Division (CCPD) Officers,” the division stated in a launch. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the threats and secured an arrest warrant for Gregori.”
Gregori was born male, however identifies as feminine, CCPD Senior Officer Antonio Contreras instructed Fox Information Digital.
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Seth “Andrea” Gregori was arrested Monday for terroristic threats impeding public service/inflicting public concern or critical bodily damage and felony trespass and was being held within the Nueces County Jail early Tuesday morning. (Nueces County Jail)
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Authorities stated that the tipster notified police after noting that Gregori had been pleasant with a number of officers within the downtown space, and taking pictures of them. The tipster additionally stated Gregoria had lately bought an AR-style gun.
The 21-year-old suspect allegedly modeled the assault “much like the 2016 Dallas ambush” carried out by Micah Xavier Johnson, the FBI’s Houston workplace stated.Â
The 2016 incident, referenced by the FBI, was in regard to the police ambush that killed 5 Dallas Police Division officers and injured seven others.
Dallas Police Division officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, Patrick Zamarripa, and Dallas Space Speedy Transit Officer Brent Thompson had been killed.
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The taking pictures occurred throughout a Black Lives Matter protest on July 16, 2016.
Dart Police Officers pray in entrance of the Dallas Police Headquarters July 09, 2016, following a sniper assault by 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson of Mesquite, Texas which left 5 officers lifeless. (Barbara Davidson/Los Angeles Occasions by way of Getty Photos)
Johnson, an ex-U.S. Military reservist, was killed by police once they detonated a bomb delivered by a robotic.
Dallas Police Chief David O. Brown stated through the investigation into the 2016 assault that Johnson cited the deadly shootings of Black males by cops in Louisiana and Minnesota, which prompted the protest march in Dallas and plenty of different cities.
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“The suspect stated he was upset with White folks and wished to kill White folks, particularly White officers,” Brown stated.
Members of an FBI proof response staff search an space that’s nonetheless an energetic crime scene in downtown Dallas following the deaths of 5 cops on Thursday night on July 9, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. (Spencer Platt/Getty Photos)
Gregori was arrested on Monday for terroristic threats impeding public service/inflicting public concern or critical bodily damage and felony trespass and was being held at Nueces County Jail as of Tuesday morning on a bond of $50,500.Â
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