"Treven Michael Gokey, 49, was arrested Wednesday on two felony counts of making a terroristic threat and using a computer to threaten, according to the police report via AZ Family, and is currently being held in the Maricopa County jail on a $250,000 bond. Officers said that Gokey threatened a shooting at Cruisin' 7th, allegedly telling them that "Charlie Kirk was a martyr" and he "was a martyr for Charlie Kirk.""
"Gokey reportedly told police during a a welfare check at his apartment that "radical left violence breeds a far-right response," citing Kirk's murder and two shootings at schools in Minnesota and Tennessee. He then said he "wanted to harm others" to send a message, using several slurs for transgender people. Kirk, the conservative podcaster who co-founded Turning Point USA, died after being shot while hosting one of his "Prove Me Wrong" debates at Utah Valley University last week."
A 49-year-old Phoenix man was arrested on felony counts of making a terroristic threat and using a computer to threaten and is held on a $250,000 bond. The man allegedly threatened a shooting at Cruisin' 7th while claiming "Charlie Kirk was a martyr" and expressing he "was a martyr for Charlie Kirk." During a welfare check he cited "radical left violence" and said he "wanted to harm others," using slurs for transgender people. Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while hosting a debate; authorities arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson in connection to that killing. Threats prompted evacuations and lockdowns at the DNC headquarters and several HBCUs. A Secret Service review found 96 percent of mass-attack perpetrators were cisgender men, and reporting shows at most six of over 4,600 mass shootings involved transgender suspects.
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