Tuesday 7 June 2022 10:37 PM Arizona teen arrested and charged with threatening mass shootings trends now
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An Arizona teenager has been arrested after police said he made online threats to commit a mass shooting and expressed admiration for the deadly school massacre in Uvalde, Texas.
Joshua Adam Bowen, 19, was arrested on Sunday in Casa Grande on charges of making a terrorist threat. He is being held in the Pinal County jail in lieu of a $150,000 bond.
The Casa Grande Police Department said in a statement the FBI first alerted local cops to online comments made by Bowen.
Police say that Bowen made various threats to harm people by committing mass shootings at a local high school, police station, and movie theater.
Joshua Adam Bowen, 19, was arrested on Sunday in Casa Grande on charges of making a terrorist threat after allegedly boasting online of plans to shoot up a school
He also allegedly threatened family and friends and praised the recent school shooting in Uvalde, where 19 kids and two teachers were killed in the deadliest US school