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Arizona man wanted to gun down black people at Bad Bunny concert to start ‘race war’: feds
An Arizona man allegedly plotted to gun down black people at an Atlanta Bad Bunny concert in an attempt to spark a race war ahead of the presidential election, according to federal prosecutors.
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Arizona Man Planned to Incite Race War with Mass Shooting at Atlanta Concert, Authorities Say
Mark Adams Prieto, an Arizona man, was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 11 for allegedly planning to incite a race war with a mass shooting he planned for at an Atlanta rap show in May 2024.
Arizona Man Planned to Incite Race War with Mass Shooting at Atlanta Concert, Authorities Say
Mark Adams Prieto allegedly planned to orchestrate a mass shooting ahead of the presidential election
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- Mark Adams Prieto was indicted after he allegedly attempted to incite a race war
- The Arizona man was allegedly planning a mass shooting in Atlanta before the upcoming election
- He was arrested in May, and indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, June 11
An Arizona man allegedly planned a mass shooting at a May concert in Atlanta with the intent to incite a race war ahead of the presidential election, according to federal authorities.
Mark Adams Prieto, 58, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, June 11 on charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm for use in a hate crime and possession of an unregistered firearm, per a press release from U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona.
The indictment follows the FBI’s five-month investigation, which concluded with Prieto's arrest in May. Throughout the investigation, the FBI learned that Prieto allegedly had discussions with two other individuals to “devise a plan to commit a mass shooting of African Americans and other minorities to incite a race war prior to the 2024 United States Presidential Election.”
The investigation was instigated in October when FBI Phoenix was alerted by a source that an individual — who was later identified as Prieto — allegedly expressed a desire to incite a race war, per the arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.
The source allegedly informed authorities that they spoke with Prieto more than 15 times over three years at various gun shows. Prieto allegedly began to make suspicious and alarming comments as their conversations leaned more political. Per the affidavit, Prieto began advocating for a mass shooting and was “specifically targeting Blacks, Jews or Muslims.”
In late 2023, Prieto allegedly asked the source if they were “ready to kill a bunch of people.” His question followed Prieto’s belief that “martial law will be implemented shortly after the 2024 election and that a mass shooting should occur prior.”
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