US EditionFormer police officer arrested for allegedly planning mass shooting at New Orleans festival
Deputies recovered a handgun and about 200 rounds of ammunition from his hotel room, and he is held pending extradition to Louisiana.
- Christopher Gillum of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was arrested Wednesday evening at a Destin, Florida, hotel for allegedly planning a mass shooting at a Louisiana festival.
- Federal authorities alerted the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office that Gillum was traveling to Louisiana to conduct a mass shooting, prompting deputies to track him using the county's Flock camera system.
- Deputies recovered a handgun and about 200 rounds of ammunition from the hotel room, and Gillum faces charges in Orleans Parish for making "terroristic threats."
- Gillum remains in the Okaloosa County Jail pending extradition to Louisiana as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival began Thursday, though authorities have not identified the alleged target.
- Sheriff Eric Aden credited the arrest to interagency partnerships and surveillance technology, though officials have not released details about a potential motive or the suspect's planning timeline.
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Man planning mass shooting in New Orleans arrested, authorities say
A former North Carolina law enforcement officer was arrested on Wednesday after authorities said he threatened to carry out a mass shooting at a festival in New Orleans. Christopher Gillum, 44, was taken into custody without incident at a hotel in Destin, Fla., while on his way to New Orleans,…
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Former police officer arrested over alleged mass shooting plot at Louisiana festival
Christopher Gillum, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was wanted by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety "for terroristic threats" and was arrested at a hotel in Destin, Florida, the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Thursday.
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The Independent (US)Former cop arrested for plotting mass shooting at New Orleans festival, police say
Gillum’s family reported him missing on Tuesday and told law enforcement he had a gun and ‘expressed recent threats to harm Black people’
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