A 39-year-old Paterson man who authorities say was carrying two loaded guns allegedly sent his estranged wife videos of himself on Tuesday threatening a mass shooting at a New York City airport.
“I am going to wait for the plane to leave, and that is when I am going to start shooting the airport up,” Darnell King allegedly said in one video. “This is a day in history that you and everybody will always remember.”
In a subsequent video, King allegedly was standing outside his vehicle at John F. Kennedy International Airport, where his estranged wife’s overseas flight had landed.
“I don’t know what makes you think that I was lying, I am here,” King allegedly said.
The Queens District Attorney’s Office announced that authorities arrested King on April 30 and charged him with various crimes, including gun possession, terroristic threats, and having a firearm “in a sensitive location.”
As part of that announcement, the Queens DA made statements public that were allegedly made by King in the videos.