One of the teen's social media posts warned: “July 22 is the day of retribution the day I will have revenge against all of humanity which all of you will pay for my suffering,” according to the FBI.
A photo of Alejandro Richard Velasquez Gomez, from one of his social media accounts, included in federal court records. Gomez is charged with making interstate threats and possessing child pornography.A graduate of Wagner High School has been charged in a federal anti-terrorism investigation after allegedly making online posts that the FBI claims show he was planning to attack a conservative student group in Florida.
In a criminal complaint affidavit, the FBI linked Velasquez to the extremist “incel” movement, short for “involuntarily celibate,” online groups of mostly men who believe they can’t enter into sexual relationships.According to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force in San Antonio, he used the online names “LatinoZoomer” and “MestizoZoomer” and his social media posts sounded similar to those of Elliot Rodger, an incel follower who killed six people and injured more than a dozen in California in 2014.
An FBI agent remarked on the similarities of Velasquez’s post to that of Rodger, who had said, “Tomorrow is my day of retribution. The day in which I will have my revenge against all of humanity. Against all of you.” Agents also learned that Tampa police considered Velasquez’s post regarding the upcoming student conference a credible threat. Police there obtained a warrant for his arrest, charging him with making written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism.
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