Man Arrested in Plot to Kill Elon Musk, Cause ‘Mass Casualty Event’ at Tesla Cybertruck Launch, Officials Say
A Florida man was arrested near a Tesla Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, after allegedly threatening a mass casualty shooting there.
The man told police that “I was going to shoot up Elon Musk and the plant” during Thursday’s Cybertruck delivery event, Austin CBS outlet KEYE-TV reported.
The man, identified as Paul Overeem, 28, was booked at the Travis County Jail on a charge of making a terroristic threat — a third-degree felony.
The news outlet reported that a Tesla security official told police that Overeem made multiple threats of violence in Instagram messages on Nov. 9, including:
- “I sure am crazy though”
- “But yeah so at the Tesla event I’m planning an attach so up to you guys to stop me”
- “I plan on killing people at that even ok November 30th and I would like you to do something about it so I don’t have to”
- “I wanna die”
- “I need to be stopped”
- “If I’m saying I’m gonna kill people then you should take this seriously”
NBC News reported Overeem used the name “ufotnoitalumis” in the Instragram chat group.
