❓WHAT HAPPENED: A former Naval Academy student was arrested for allegedly threatening a “mass execution” on social media following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Jackson Fleming, federal prosecutors, and Naval Academy students.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The threat was allegedly posted on September 11 from Chesterton, Indiana, targeting the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, with Jackson Fleming being formally indicted on October 8.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Honestly not that surprised I’ll be carrying out the mass execution of my peers in a couple,” Fleming allegedly posted on Jodel.
🎯IMPACT: The Naval Academy went on lockdown, resulting in two injuries, including one current student.
Jackson Fleming, a former Naval Academy student, was arrested in mid-September on one count of making a threat across state lines. Federal prosecutors, in an indictment filed last week, allege that Fleming threatened a “mass execution” on social media the day after Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
The alleged message, posted on September 11 from Fleming’s hometown of Chesterton, Indiana, stated: “Honestly not that surprised I’ll be carrying out the mass execution of my peers in a couple,” according to court documents. The post was reportedly made on Jodel, an app popular among college campuses for anonymous, hyper-local communication.
Authorities claim Fleming altered his IP address to make it appear as though he was on the Naval Academy campus at the time of the post, rather than in Indiana. The threat prompted a lockdown at the Naval Academy, during which two people were injured.
Fleming, who left the Naval Academy midway through his junior year, was indicted on October 8 for “interstate communications with a threat to injure” against the Annapolis, Maryland, school. He was released on a $20,000 bond, and his trial date has not yet been set.
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