A Daytona Beach, FL man is facing charges making written threats to kill or do bodily injury after a series of ominous text messages. Volusia County Sheriff deputies say Tristan Scott Wix, 25, wrote things such as, ìA school is a weak target.. id be more likely to open fire on a large crowd of people from over 3 miles away.. I'd wanna break a world record for longest confirmed kill ever.î According to a release from Volusia Co. Sheriffís office, Wix told detectives he does not own firearms but is fascinated with mass shootings.
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Tristan Scott Wix has been charged for threatening to commit a mass shooting after his ex-girlfriend alerted authorities to a series of ominous text messages he sent her.
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A Daytona Beach, FL man is facing charges making written threats to kill or do bodily injury after a series of ominous text messages. Volusia County Sheriff deputies say Tristan Scott Wix, 25, wrote things such as, ìA school is a weak target.. id be more likely to open fire on a large crowd of people from over 3 miles away.. I'd wanna break a world record for longest confirmed kill ever.î According to a release from Volusia Co. Sheriffís office, Wix told detectives he does not own firearms but is fascinated with mass shootings.
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