HAMMOND, Ind.—Federal charges have been filed against an Indiana man who authorities say threatened to shoot President Donald Trump in Facebook posts.
The indictment says 20-year-Steffon Gonzalez posted on March 28 that he was “standing outside the president’s location with a bullet ‘chambered’ to ‘blow his head off.’” Trump had a rally that day in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Gonzalez lives in Hobart, about 145 miles southwest of Grand Rapids.
The indictment says 20-year-Steffon Gonzalez posted on March 28 that he planned to shoot President Trump at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich.https://t.co/QZxbhFUbTU
— South Bend Tribune (@SBTribune) April 19, 2019
The (Merrillville) Post-Tribune reports Gonzalez is charged with making threats against the president and obstruction of justice. The indictment was unsealed Wednesday. He was previously charged in Lake Superior Court with felony intimidation.
Indiana man accused of posting Trump threats on Facebook https://t.co/xMCcCUXKmg pic.twitter.com/6q3Hod9Tmi
— WLWT (@WLWT) April 19, 2019
According to an affidavit, Gonzalez told agents his account was hacked and denied threatening the president. The affidavit also says officers found 9 mm rounds and gunpowder in Gonzalez’s room. The affidavit says Gonzalez said he wasn’t the only person with access to the room.
Federal charges have been filed against an Indiana man who authorities say threatened to shoot President Donald Trump in Facebook posts. https://t.co/MlfFiQbypb
— ABC21 WPTA News (@ABC21WPTA) April 19, 2019