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A 37-year-old man was arrested Sunday in Northern California on suspicion of threatening to kill police officers and planning a "Las Vegas-style" mass shooting, authorities said.
The suspect was taken into custody by SWAT officers at a Super 8 motel in Chico after detectives obtained evidence of his plot, according to a police statement.
The evidence included unspecified information that he had made "criminal threats to kill specific individuals, specified law enforcement officers, and was preparing to commit a ‘Las Vegas style’ mass shooting with a specified deadline," said the statement from the Chico Police Department.
A man, who was plotting a "Las Vegas-style" mass shooting, was arrested by SWAT officers in Chico, California, on Sept. 25, 2022, (Fox News)
Sixty people were killed and more than 400 were wounded in Las Vegas when a gunman opened fire on a music festival from a high-rise hotel in 2017.
After his arrest, the Chico suspect threatened to kill additional officers and their families, and he battered an officer with a table during the interview process, the police statement said.
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He could face charges including making criminal threats and battery on a peace officer. He was held without bail at Butte County Jail.
Chico is a city of 98,000 people about 175 miles north of San Francisco.
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