19-year-old Jace Allen of Jamestown, New Mexico is in federal custody for allegedly making violent threats on social media, including threats towards St. Marys city council member Arienne Childrey following the September 10th assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed during a rally at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Allen was posting on X.under the pseudonym Jebron Lames said that he planned to commit mass murder, target minorities and Jews and shoot up unspecified locations. Allen threatened Childrey, who had also taken to X following Kirk’s death to bemoan the tragedy and to voice her belief that no one should be murdered because of their political viewpoints. According to federal officials t for the District of New Mexico, Allen replied directly to Childrey that she would be among the first to die in what he viewed as an upcoming civil war.
To read the Press Release from the US Attorney's office in New Mexico: