An Arizona man arrested after a series of attacks on a Democratic National Committee office may have been planning a ‘mass casualty event’ authorities say.
Jeffrey Michael Kelly, 60, was arrested on Tuesday night by Tempe Police and charged with multiple felony counts, including unlawful discharge of a firearm, shooting at a non-residential structure and committing an act of terrorism, and three misdemeanor counts of criminal discharge, authorities said.
When FBI agents searched his home Wednesday morning, they found at least 120 guns, 250,000 rounds of ammunition, body armor, a grenade launcher and dummy grenades. They also found guns in his car, including a fully automatic weapon, according to reports .
“The state and law enforcement believe that this person was preparing to commit an act of mass casualty with the guns he had, and that his progression of violence was escalating,” Deputy Maricopa County Attorney Neha Bhatia said at Kelly’s initial court appearance Wednesday.