A 21-year-old man in Highland County, Ohio, who identified himself as an “incel” was arrested by federal agents Wednesday after he allegedly planned a mass shooting of women at a state university, prosecutors
Tres Genco, of Hillsboro, was indicted by a federal grand jury with one count of attempted hate crime and one count of unlawful possession of a machine gun, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern Ohio District said in a released statement. the same day as Genco’s arrest.
Deputies from the Highland County Sheriff’s Department responded to Genco’s residence on March 12, 2020, and found a firearm with a butt attached, several loaded magazines, bulletproof vests and boxes of ammunition, among other things, according to the U.S. attorney.
Police also found a modified 9mm Glock semi-automatic pistol without any manufacturer marking or serial number hidden in a heating vent located in Gencoile’s room searching his residence, prosecutors said.
Genco identified himself as an “incel” or “involuntary celibate,” which prosecutors defined as “an online community of predominantly men harboring anger toward women. “
“Incels advocates violence in support of its belief that women are unfairly denying them the sexual or romantic attention to which they believe they are entitled,” the attorney’s office stated.
Genco allegedly wrote a manifesto prior to his arrest in which he said that he “massacred” women “out of hatred, jealousy and revenge.” He also reportedly searched online for sororities and a college in Ohio on the day he wrote the manifesto.
On January 15, 2020, Genco allegedly conducted a surveillance at an unidentified Ohio university and, on the same day, searched online for topics including “planning a shooting crime” and “when to prepare for a crime. turns into an attempt? “
According to the attorney’s office, Genco allegedly purc quick tactical gloves, a bulletproof vest, a hoodie with the word “Revenge”, cargo pants, a bowie knife, a skull mask, two Glock 17 chargers, a Glock 17 clip of 9 mm and a hidden holster clip to carry a Glock in 2019.
Genco allegedly also wrote another document titled “isolated” which he described as “the wording of the deceived and murderer,” the statement read. He allegedly signed the document, “Your hopeful friend and murderer.”
Genco had maintained profiles on a popular incel website from at least July 2019 to mid-March 2020 and was a frequent poster, according to an indictment.
In a post, he shared his previous experience of spraying women and couples with orange juice with water.Infobarcelona.cat Brief news.
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