LUBBOCK, Texas— Stephen Patrick Furr, 29, has agreed to plead guilty to a charge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division, concerning the online threats indicating he intended to carry out a school shooting.
As part of the deal, he agreed to plead guilty to one count of Interstate Threatening Communications. Federal court records also said a mental examination determined Furr is mentally competent for proceedings and understands the charges against him.
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Federal court records said Furr admitted that he threatened to kill students at an elementary school in Lubbock. Court records also said Furr admitted he knew the posts would be understood as a threat.
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The stipulated facts also showed screenshots from the microblogging social media service BlueSky:
The images in the first photo are consistent with two consecutive mass shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15, 2019, where 51 people were murdered and 89 others were injured in the shootings.
According to the plea, the defendant will face imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and may be fined up to $250,000 or twice the amount gained by the defendant or lost by the victims. If this plea is accepted, Furr will be sentenced to no more than five years in federal prison.
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Furr was arrested on Monday, February 3, by the Lubbock Police Department SWAT team. Investigators were tipped off about threats Furr made on BlueSky the day before…