21-year-old Joshua Bagemehl of Sheboygan, Wis., faces a felony charge of “terrorist threats” — accused of planning a school shooting. He was arrested just hours after allegedly purchasing a rifle.
(FOX)- According to the criminal complaint, the Sheboygan Police Department received an anonymous Crime Stoppers tip on Monday, December 12th that Bagemehl “was planning a school shooting, according to his Facebook posts.”
“This is just scary stuff,” Joe DeCecco, Sheboygan County District Attorney, said.
A Facebook post on December 10th read as follows: “So, I might be buying a AR-15 with a laser red dot on it and (expletive) semi-auto too .22 caliber. Just waiting on the background check.”
On December 11th, Bagemehl’s Facebook post reads as follows: “Someone needs to do a school shooting around here. It would be funny as (expletive).”
Then on December 12th, Bagemehl’s Facebook post reads as follows: “My AR-15 style rifle, my 715T Mossberg semi-auto rifle with 300 rounds with red dot laser sight.” The post was accompanied by two photos of the rifle in its open case. Bagemehl allegedly bought it legally at Gander Mountain.
In a reply to one of the posts, the complaint says Bagemehl wrote: “Ima live by the gun, die by the gun. Ima die holding a gun.”
“Would this have come to fruition, I don’t know, but we’re not taking any chances,” DeCecco said.
The complaint indicates police obtained a search warrant for Bagemehl’s residence for “firearms, ammunition and all electronic devices, including cell phones.” Officers executed the search warrant and arrested Bagemehl.