Self-proclaimed ‘incel’ allegedly joined Army to train for mass shooting of women but washed out after 4 months
He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.
By Jeff Schogol Updated Jul 23, 2021 8:18 AM
Self-proclaimed ‘incel’ allegedly joined Army to train for mass shooting of women but washed out after 4 months
Tres Genco. (Photo courtesy of the Highland County Jail in Ohio.)
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Federal prosecutors say a self-identified “involuntarily celibate” man allegedly tried to join the Army in an effort to plan a mass shooting of women at an Ohio university but he washed out of the service after four months.
Tres Genco, 21, is charged with attempting to commit a hate crime and illegally possessing a machine gun, a Justice Department news release says. From July 2019 until March 2020, Genco allegedly posted frequently on a website popular with “incels,” a movement of men who preach violence towards women out of sexual frustration, prosecutors claim.
When Genco was arrested, sheriff’s deputies found a Palmetto State Armory PA-15 5.56 x 45mm rifle with a Slide Fire bump stock — which simulates fully automatic fire on a semi-automatic weapon — in the trunk of his car along with several loaded magazines and four boxes of ammunition, according to an affidavit in support of a criminal complaint against Genco. They also found a Glock handgun chambered in 9mm Luger vwith no manufacturer’s marks or serial number in a heating vent inside his home.
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