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| Murderous intent? Mitchell Kenneth Kusick, a nursing student from Westminster, Colorado, was charged with making a threat against the president |
'I want to go down in history as the guy who killed Obama': Nursing student busted in plot to 'murder president and children' after confiding plot to his therapist
- Mitchell Kenneth Kusick, 20, was arrested yesterday and held on a charge of threats against a president
- Kusick
allegedly told therapist of plans to kill children at a Halloween event
and President Obama with a shotgun he 'stole from his aunt'
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Colorado nursing student was
arrested yesterday after telling his therapist of his desire to shoot
children, kill people on Halloween and assassinate President Obama,
court records show.
Mitchell Kenneth Kusick, 20, of Westminster, was being held on suspicion of a federal charge of threats against a president.
He identified himself as a student at Colorado Mesa University in western Colorado, investigators said.
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Plot: Court papers say Kusick wanted to be known
as 'the guy who killed President Obama,' pictured on Sunday at a
wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National
Cemetery
According to KUSA-TV
in Denver, Jefferson County court records show he told his therapist
about wanting to shoot children at a trick-or-treat event at Standley
Lake High School.
Federal court records say Kusick said he took a shotgun from his aunt's house and tried to buy ammunition.
The
documents said that he claimed to have owned a .22 caliber rifle and an
assault rifle, but his parents made him get rid of the weapons.
He told his therapist on
October 29 about his plan and allegedly said he wanted to go down in
history as the 'guy who killed Obama.'
His comments came just days before the president held a campaign rally in Boulder.
Kusick
also said he was obsessed with the deadly shootings at Columbine High
School and Virginia Tech, as well as the Dark Knight Rises theater
massacre earlier this year, according to court records.
Violent interests: Kusick's therapist said he
was obsessed with the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings, and the
Aurora theater massacre, in which James Holmes, pictured, was charged
with killing 12
Massacre on the mind? Federal court records say
Kusick, pictured during a recent triathlon, revealed he took a shotgun
from his aunt's house and tried to buy ammunition for it
Among Kusick’s interests on his Facebook
page are 'American conspiracies,' the Call of Duty video games and the film
Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
The same document quoted Kusick of saying: 'Some people just want to watch the world burn down, and I’m one of them.'
The therapist notified police, and Kusick was placed on a mental health hold at a hospital.
A detention hearing is scheduled Friday.
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