A Palm Beach County man was thwarted in carrying out racially-motivated mass shootings and attacks on law enforcement that investigators say were imminent after he was arrested Tuesday, according to the sheriff’s office and FBI.
Deputies and federal agents raided 22-year-old Damien Allen’s Loxahatchee home, where he lived with his parents, and found 18 firearms, some of which may be fully automatic, 12,000 rounds of ammunition, two-way radios, a Taser stun gun and authentic-looking uniforms from the sheriff’s office, FBI and military, according to PBSO.
Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told reporters during a press briefing Wednesday that Allen boasted in online chats and social media sites — including Instagram and Discord — that he planned on attacking churches for racial reasons, as well as ambush law enforcement officers.
“This guy was ready to go, had all the equipment, had the propensity to do it. It was a just a matter of what day was going to set him of to go do it,” Bradshaw said. “No doubt in my mind, [the investigation] saved a love of lives.”…