A Texas man planned a mass shooting — his grandmother stopped him and 'saved lives,' officials say
Less than a month before two deadly shootings claimed the lives of 31 people in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, a Texas grandmother stopped another mass shooting before it began.
William Patrick Williams, a 19-year-old from Lubbock, Texas, told his grandmother that he had purchased an AK-47 rifle and planned to"shoot up" a local hotel and"commit suicide by cop," according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Texas. Concerned for his safety and for the safety of others, she convinced her grandson to let her take him to a local hospital, a news release said.
During the investigation, federal agents discovered Williams had"misrepresented" his current address on the firearms transaction form when he purchased the rifle. After a brief hospital stay, he was arrested Thursday on suspicion of making false statements to a firearms dealer.“This was a tragedy averted,” U.S. Attorney Nealy Cox said in the release.
Officers searched the room Williams rented at the hotel he planned to target and found the rifle, 17 loaded magazines and multiple knives. Williams told authorities he laid out his weapons so that they could take them.Other items found during the search included a black trenchcoat, black tactical pants, a black T-shirt that read “Let ‘Em Come,” and black, fingerless tactical gloves.
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