Florida man accused of mass shooting threats after texts emerge
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A man in Florida was arrested on Friday after investigators were alerted to text messages in which he allegedly detailed plans “to shoot as many people as he could in a large crowd,” according to a local sheriff’s office.
Tristan Scott Wix, 25, of Daytona Beach, was charged with making threats to commit a mass shooting, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office reported.
In one text, he allegedly indicated he wanted his shooting to break a world record.
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It was unclear who Wix was texting when he allegedly made the threats.
Investigators found Wix on Friday in a supermarket parking lot in Daytona Beach Shores where they took him into custody, according to the sheriff’s office.
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During an interview, Wix told detectives he did not own any firearms but was fascinated with mass shootings, the office added.
Sheriff’s detectives were in the process of obtaining a search warrant for Wix’s home on Friday, officials wrote in a Facebook post. It was not immediately known what was found.
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Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood credited Wix's ex-girlfriend for alerting deputies, Fox 13 reported.
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"She did what we beg people in the community to do - see something, say something, and let us take it from there," Chitwood added.
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Wix was being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail without bond.