Following the arrest of a gun-wielding man who they believed “may have had plans to commit a mass shooting” at an digital music competition in Washington, police launched a assertion downplaying the suspect’s intent.
Jonathan R. Moody, 30, was arraigned following the conclusion of Bass Canyon, an occasion that yearly attracts roughly 25,000 folks. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office had launched a report on Saturday, August twentieth which acknowledged its deputies “believe they stopped an Ephrata man who may have had plans to commit a mass shooting at the Gorge Amphitheater” the day prior.
According to the report, Moody was detained after attendees claimed to have seen him inhaling an “unknown substance or gas from a balloon” earlier than loading and concealing two 9mm pistols round his waist. Police say Moody then approached live performance-goers to inquire when the competition would finish and the place folks would exit.
After launching an investigation and interviewing Moody, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office has launched a assertion clarifying his intent.
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“Detectives have interviewed Moody and have served search warrants on two vehicles,” reads the assertion. “While the investigation is not yet finished, what we can say is that we now don’t feel that his intent was to cause a mass shooting.
Moody, who pleaded not responsible to at least one depend of possession of a harmful weapon and one depend of illegal carrying or dealing with of a weapon, was launched after posting $10,000 bail. His subsequent courtroom date is scheduled for September eighth in Grant County District Court.
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