Colombus(September 22, 2018): A man who threatened to shoot President Donald Trump has been captured in Ohio, on Friday.
Shawn Richard Christy, 27, of McAdoo, Pennsylvania, had been on the run since June after a federal warrant was taken out that accused him of posting threats on Facebook against Trump and Northampton County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney John Morganelli. A US Marshals Service news release said Christy was found in a wooded areas of Mifflin Township in northern Ohio.
Christy was also wanted on Pennsylvania state warrants for “burglary, probation violation, and failure to appear for an aggravated assault case,” according to federal marshals, and he had threatened to use “full lethal force on any law enforcement officer that tries to detain me.”
Authorities believe Christy stole a pickup truck in Pennsylvania on September 16, the release said. He crashed the vehicle near Interstate 71 and Ohio Highway 13 interchange that night and continued walking.
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