West Palm Beach man arrested for Instagram threat to ‘shoot up’ courthouse, cops say

A West Palm Beach man was arrested after allegedly making a threat on Instagram to “shoot up” houses and a courthouse, authorities said.

Jesus Thomas Max Horne, 36, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of written threats to kill or do bodily injury, Palm Beach County jail records showed.

According to an arrest affidavit, the investigation began after the FBI received notice from Meta about a threat made by an Instagram user indicating an intent to “shoot up houses and the Palm Beach County Courthouse.”…

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