Florida man arrested for threatening to commit mass shooting at Disney World
A Florida man was arrested this week after he allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., ABC News reported.
The man, Derek Eitel, reportedly posted his intent on a Facebook group.
He was arrested on Tuesday on a charge of making written threats to kill or do bodily harm and is being held at Brevard County Jail on a $100,000 bond, according to ABC News.
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Eitel stated “5 likes and I’ll go shoot up Disney and hang myself” on the Facebook group, according to an arrest report.
The group has 850 members who were able to see the post, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office told ABC News. The post was reported by two members of the group.
Eitel later told officers that he made the post from his phone when he was at work, ABC News reported.
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