Cops: FL Man Threatened NYC Subway Mass Shooting

Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports:

A Pinellas Park man was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of threatening a mass shooting at the New York City subway on Thanksgiving. According to an arrest report from the Pinellas Park Police Department, an anonymous tip pointed officers to Robert Trout III, 19, who posted a video on social media threatening an attack.

“I’m gonna shoot anybody I see on that f****** train,” Trout wrote on Instagram, according to PPPD. “If you’re from New York City do not take the train on Thursday evening.”

Those comments accompanied a video showing Trout “handling firearms in a reckless manner,” the arrest report stated. In the video, Trout brandished two Glock .40-caliber pistols and said he “had 60 rounds of ammunition to kill 60 people,” according to PPPD.

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