Man accused of Facebook post vowing to kill 'as many girls as I see'
SALT LAKE CITY — A man is under arrest in Utah after police say he posted on Facebook about “killing as many girls as I see” the same weekend that Women’s Marches were held around the country.
Jail documents filed by police in the city of Provo say 27-year-old Christopher W. Cleary wrote he was angry because he’d never had a girlfriend and wanted to “make it right” with a mass shooting.
Authorities said Cleary posted “Theres nothing more dangerous than man ready to die.
“All I wanted was a girlfriend, not 1000 not a bunch of hoes not money none of that. All I wanted was to be loved, yet no one cares about me I’m 27 years old and I’ve never had a girlfriend before and I’m still a virgin, this is why I’m planning on shooting up a public place soon and being the next mass shooter cause I’m ready to die and all the girls the turned me down is going to make it right by killing as many girls as I see.”
Cleary is from Denver and the documents say Colorado police contacted officers in Provo on Saturday.
He was arrested on suspicion of a felony threat of terrorism charge.
The documents say investigators were concerned because the marches were happening that day, though the posts did not mention them directly.
No attorney or publicly listed phone number was immediately available for him.
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