Florida sheriff: Man planned mass shooting at Islamic center
CBS News Crimesider Staff 12 hrs ago
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida resident was planning to "shoot up" a Jacksonville mosque before his arrest on Friday.
Bernandino Bolatete, 69, has been charged with possessing a silencer not registered to him, a federal crime, said Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams at a press conference Monday. Bolatete is a Philippines national who has a green card, according to federal authorities.
Williams said a confidential source informed Jacksonville detectives in November that Bolatete "had expressed a strong anti-Islam sentiment and was planning to conduct a mass shooting of individuals at the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida."
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-sheriff-man-planned-mass-shooting-at-islamic-center/ar-BBGesXI
Coincidentally, there was another story out of Florida the other day as well, per the man who had some drawing that made authorities arrest him.
Different suspect, different story:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stickman-drawing-school-shooting-student-s-homework-leads-florida-man-n826481
