Lubbock man arrested by SWAT intended to carry out school shooting

Lubbock SWAT stopped a potential school shooting

Lubbock man arrested by SWAT intended to carry out school shooting

LUBBOCK, Texas -- The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released details on the arrest of Stephen Patrick Furr, 29, who was involved in SWAT standoff for more than five hours on Monday before being taken into custody. Federal court documents said Furr was accused of making threats, eluding to a possible future school shooting. PREVIOUS ARTICLE: Online threats led to SWAT assisting FBI in South Lubbock, court records show "The fores…

Lubbock Man Arrested for Threatening to Shoot Up Elementary School

LUBBOCK, Texas – A man who threatened to shoot up a Lubbock elementary school was arrested and charged on Monday. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents received an anonymous tip about 29-year-old Stephen Patrick Furr’s alarming online activity on February 2, and he was taken into custody a day later after a more than five-hour standoff with SWAT, reports EverythingLubbock. “The foresight of a single tipster – coupled with the prompt actio…