Two men were charged and arrested in Tennessee Friday after authorities heard of their plot to rob a gun dealer, shoot as many "non-Caucasians" as possible and assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
From Reuters:
An official from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives said police found the men in the Jackson, Tennessee area
with a number of guns, including a sawed-off shotgun, in their car.
According to an ATF special agent, the two Neo-Nazi skinheads, Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena, Ark., were planning a national shooting spree that included an African-American school, which wasn't named in the report, and ended with shooting Obama.
From MSNBC:
The two planned to shoot 88 black people and
decapitate another 14, he added. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in
the white supremacist community.
“They said that
would be their last, final act — that they would attempt to kill Sen.
Obama,” Cavanaugh said. “They didn’t believe they would be able to do
it, but that they would get killed trying.”
Court documents show that they two had planned to shoot at Obama out the window while driving quickly toward him.
No word on how authorities found out about the men or the plot.
Photo: Reuters
