Police feared a mass shooting in alleged Pokémon plot - Boston Globe
Police said the arrests of James Stumbo and Kevin Norton over the weekend on gun charges prevented a “potential tragedy. “We can never read someone’s mind,” Police Superintendent Paul A. Fitzgerald said, when asked what the men intended to do with their guns. Police said they worked on the case with Boston’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, a partnership that includes federal agents. “That could have been a mass shooting,” Fitzgerald said. Before his arrest, according to prosecutors, Norton, 18, was not allowed access to a chat room from which he was banned for bullying, and allegedly stated, “Oh, ok, that’s fine then I will just shoot him on Friday thanks. Police say they found an AR-15 rifle, 12-gauge Remington shotgun, ammunition, and a hunting knife in the 2002 Chevrolet Prizm the two men had driven to Boston. Boston Municipal Court Judge Lisa A. Grant on Monday ordered Norton and Stumbo held without bail. Both men were registered for the Pokémon tournament, police said. Stumbo appears to have won state tournaments this year in Nebraska and Minnesota, according to online results. The two men had allegedly threatened specific individuals and discussed mass shootings in online chat rooms. Source: www.bostonglobe.com
