Police: 'High chance' of Hollywood mass shooting prevented

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By STEFANIE DAZIO 49 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A “high chance” of a mass shooting in Hollywood was thwarted Tuesday by police seizing a cache of guns and ammunition in a high-rise apartment where several rifles were pointed toward a nearby park, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

Braxton Johnson was taken into custody Tuesday after he allegedly made violent threats involving weapons to security staff at the apartment building and people outside, the agency said the following day.

A search of Johnson’s apartment turned up two assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines, all of which are illegal in California, as well as three handguns, a sniper rifle, a shotgun and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

Investigators have not said whether they uncovered any additional evidence of a plot to target the park, or Johnson’s motive in pointing the rifles toward the area. Details about the threats he allegedly made Tuesday have also not been released.



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[wnylib]

1. Damned good thing that they searched his

apartment after the threat to the landlord.

[maxsolomon]

2. he should sue the state of CA for outlawing those weapons

I'm sure there's deep-pocket Gunner groups standing by to help him.

[Sky Jewels]

3. I know -- his poor infringed 2A rights!

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

5. There are already challenges pending against CA's AWB and magazine capacity limits

SCOTUS vacated rulings upholding those laws and ordered the 9th Circuit to rehear the cases in light of the Bruen ruling. The 9th, in turn, also vacated and remanded the case back down to the District court level to the same Judge who originally declared California's laws unconstitutional.

[maxsolomon]

6. Hard not to be cynical about prospects for sanity at this point

I am awaiting the overturning of limits on full-automatic weapons that have been in place 90 years. It's a logical progression towards the ideal of complete freedom for guns. Gun Omnipresence: the most powerful weapon, anywhere, anytime.

Worst. Amendment. Ever.

[LudwigPastorius]

4. Mentally ill...and he was able to buy 7 guns (with high cap mags) and more than 1,000 rounds of ammo

Thanks NRA!