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Kansas man mapped rooftops near Trump speech site, threatened to shoot president: DOJ

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Jaden J. Read, 24, from Clearwater, Kansas, was charged and arrested by federal authorities on Saturday after making threatening comments online about President Donald Trump. The threats emerged in response to an article about Trump’s scheduled visit to Wichita two days later. Read allegedly vowed to shoot the president and claimed he had mapped out rooftops near the speech site for this purpose. U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser emphasized that while political disagreement is protected, threats of violence are not.

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Jaden J. Read, a 24-year-old from Clearwater, Kansas, was charged on October 15 with making threats against President Donald Trump and arrested two days later. The investigation began when a Crime Stoppers tip alerted authorities to threatening comments made by Read under a KAKE News Facebook article about the president's upcoming trip to Wichita. According to prosecutors, Read allegedly wrote, "Let’s shoot Trump honestly, where’s our shooter? I’m tired of living this money life," followed by another comment stating he had ammunition and would kill the president. Additional threats were discovered on KWCH 12 News' Facebook article about Trump's visit, including a post saying, "Can we shoot him in Kansas please I will myself." Investigators found that Read allegedly knew where Trump would speak and had mapped nearby rooftops.

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Topics

Clearwater Kansas U.S. the District of Kansas the U.S. Attorney’s Office

Subjects

Trump PERSON · 4× Read PERSON · 3× Clearwater GPE · 2× Kansas GPE · 2× U.S. GPE · 2× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× Jaden J. Read PERSON · 1× Wichita GPE · 1× the District of Kansas GPE · 1× the U.S. Attorney’s Office ORG · 1×

Narrative

The investigation began Oct. 15, when a Crime Stoppers tip alerted authorities to comments beneath a KAKE News Facebook article about the president’s trip, prosecutors said.

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🔮 "Can we shoot him in Kansas please I will myself," Read allegedly posted.

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Kansas man mapped rooftops near Trump speech site, threatened to shoot president: DOJ · mixed framing

Claims (16 extracted, 5 hedged)

A Kansas man allegedly vowed to shoot President Donald Trump and claimed he had already mapped rooftops near his upcoming speech, triggering a federal investigation that landed him in custody before the visit. uncertain

that → vow → visit

Jaden J. Read, 24, of Clearwater, was charged Saturday with making threats against the president, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas. uncertain

Read → charge → Kansas

Authorities arrested him that same day, two days before Trump’s scheduled Monday visit to Wichita. asserted

Authorities → arrest → Wichita

The investigation began Oct. 15, when a Crime Stoppers tip alerted authorities to comments beneath a KAKE News Facebook article about the president’s trip, prosecutors said. asserted

prosecutors → begin → trip

"Let’s shoot Trump honestly, where’s our shooter? asserted

shooter → let → Trump

I’m tired of living this money life," Read allegedly wrote. uncertain

Read → ’m → life

Prosecutors said he immediately followed with another comment claiming he had ammunition and threatening to kill the president. asserted

he → say → president

Investigators then found additional alleged threats beneath a separate Facebook article from KWCH 12 News about Trump’s visit. asserted

Investigators → find → visit

"Can we shoot him in Kansas please I will myself," Read allegedly posted. uncertain

Read → shoot → Kansas

A minute later, prosecutors said, he claimed to know where Trump would speak and to have studied nearby rooftops. asserted

Trump → say → rooftops

Finna get kirked since yall couldn’t help him," the comment read, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. uncertain

comment → kirke → office

Read was taken into federal custody following his arrest in Clearwater. asserted

Read → take → Clearwater

Prosecutors said he would remain there pending a detention hearing. asserted

he → say → hearing

"Political violence and threats of political violence will not be tolerated," U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser said in a statement Monday. asserted

Kriegshauser → tolerate → statement

"The first Amendment allows for robust disagreement but there are constraints. asserted

Amendment → allow → disagreement

I caution people to stay within the bounds of constitutionally protected speech." asserted

I → caution → speech