A man suspected of shooting at a Democratic Party office in Tempe three times over nearly three weeks, Jeffrey Michael Kelly, and posting bags of white powder labeled as “poison” near political signs has been indicted by a grand jury.
Records don’t show the grand jury indicting Kelly in connection with the three felony counts of making false terrorism threats. Those would be related to handmade political signs investigators say were posted around Kelly’s Ahwatukee Foothills neighborhood . Some of those signs had small blades attached to the side along with bags of white powder and a vague warning it was poison.
Court records as of the afternoon of Oct. 29 show a grand jury indicted 60-year-old Jeffrey Michael Kelly on the following charges:
- One count of an intentional act of terrorism.
- Three counts of discharging a firearm at a non-residence.
- Three counts of discharging a firearm within city limits.
Initial testing revealed the white powder in the bags to be baking powder, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said.