A Florida man who sent text messages that he was planning a mass shooting and that “a good 100 kills would be nice” was arrested on Friday.
A Florida man who sent text messages that he was planning a mass shooting and that “a good 100 kills would be nice” was arrested Friday, authorities said.
“A school is a weak target,” Wix wrote in one of the messages, saying he planned to fire into an open crowd and that he wanted to break the record for the “longest confirmed kill ever.”
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