FBI arrests Las Vegas man who allegedly wanted to shoot Jews, LGBTQ bar patronsConor Climo, 23, communicated with organized white supremacists through encrypted messages, federal authorities said.
Aug. 9, 2019, 8:27 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 10, 2019, 7:51 AM EDT
By Tom Winter and Dennis Romero
A 23-year-old Las Vegas man who allegedly wanted to attack Jews and patrons of an LGBTQ bar was arrested on suspicion of possessing parts to make a bomb, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada said Friday.
Conor Climo, who was arrested Thursday, was connected to white supremacists though encrypted online conversations, federal prosecutors said.
"Threats of violence motivated by hate and intended to intimidate or coerce our faith-based and LGBTQ communities have no place in this country," Nicholas A. Trutanich, U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, said in a statement.
After Climo's arrest, FBI agents said he told them he had acquired electronic components to build a bomb and that he wanted to mobilize an eight-man sniper platoon to shoot Jewish people either at a Las Vegas synagogue or some other location. ...
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