Less than a month before two deadly shootings took the lives of 29 people in one weekend, another mass shooting was stopped. A 19-year-old Texas man was arrested by special agents of the FBI and ATF, officials announced Friday.
A Lubbock, Texas man, identified as William Patrick Williams, 19, was arrested by special agents of the FBI and ATF, the US Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Texas announced Friday.Williams was allegedly contemplating a mass shooting and bought ammunition. He rented a hotel room where he was plotting to kill people before his grandmother persuaded him to visit a hospital after learning of his plan, the release said.
" Williams was arrested after a hospitalization and gave investigators permission to search his hotel room, the release said.Investigators uncovered an AK-47 rifle, 17 magazines loaded with ammunition and multiple knives in Williams' hotel room, according to the release.Williams told officers he had laid out his weapons on a bed so that law enforcement could take custody of them.
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