Authorities say a Texas suspect’s plan was “similar to the 2016 Dallas ambush” and was thwarted by local and federal officials on Monday.
Seth “Andrea” Gregori, 21, was arrested in a terrorist threat order Monday at 9:25 a.m., the Corpus Christi Police Department said.
“The FBI was informed that Gregory posed a terrorist threat to Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD) officials,” the department said in a press release. “The FBI investigated the threat and obtained a warrant for Gregory.”
Antonio Contreras, a senior CCPD official, told Fox News Digital that Gregori was born in male but was identified as female.
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Seth “Andrea” Gregori was arrested Monday for terrorist threats that block public services/cause public fear or serious bodily harm and criminal trespass, and was held in the Nueces County Jail early Tuesday morning. (Nueces County Jail)
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Authorities said the prompter noted that Gregori was friendly with several police officers in the city and notified police officers after taking photos of them. The prompter also said that Gregoria recently purchased an arch gun.
The FBI Houston office said the 21-year-old suspect allegedly reportedly attacked as “similar to the 2016 Dallas ambush carried out by Micah Xavier Johnson.”
The 2016 incident mentioned by the FBI was about police ambushing and killing five Dallas Police Department officials and injuring seven people.
Dallas Police Department officials Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, Patrick Zamarripa and Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials Brent Thompson were killed.
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The shooting occurred during the July 16, 2016 “Black Life” protest.
DART police officers were sniped in Micah Xavier Johnson, Texas, after sniper attacks by 25-year-old Mesquite, Texas, after praying at Dallas Police Headquarters on July 9, 2016, leaving five officers dead. (Barbara Davidson/Los Angeles Times (Getty Images))
Johnson, a former U.S. military reserve officer, was killed by police when they detonated a bomb from a robot.
Dallas Police Chief David O. Brown said in an investigation into the 2016 attack that Johnson cited deadly shootings of black people by police in Louisiana and Minnesota that prompted protest marchs in Dallas and many other cities.
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“The suspect said he was upset about the conversation with the white people and wanted to kill white people, especially white officers,” Brown said.
Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team searched for an area that remained an active crime scene in downtown Dallas after the death of five police officers in Dallas, Texas on Thursday night, July 9, 2016. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Gregori was arrested Monday for terrorist threats that block public services/caused public fear or serious personal injury and criminal trespass and was held in the Nueces County Jail Tuesday morning with a deposit of $50,500.
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