Texas Neo-Nazi Arrested For Planning Shooting Attack At Walmart

NEW YORK (VINnews) — An alleged neo-Nazi from Texas has been arrested for planning a mass shooting attack at a local Walmart store, according to a New York Post report.

Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, was arrested Friday in Kerrville, about 70 miles northwest of San Antonio, after investigators intercepted a message that indicated that he was “preparing to proceed,” the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) said in a statement on Sunday. The investigators found a specific threat targeting a Walmart store and after making contact with Blevins, confirmed “his affiliation and networking with extremist ideologies” and determined he was capable of “following through with the threat” so they “moved immediately to arrest him,” according to the statement.

The Sheriff’s Office posted an image of evidence apparently collected from Blevins’s apartment that showed a rifle with multiple magazines, a flag depicting the swastika and other Nazi symbols and the national flag of Saudi Arabia. Books and hand-written documents were also seized by investigators, among which extremist books like “The Turner Diaries,” which was written by the leader of the neo-Nazi National Alliance, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

“Firearms, ammunition, electronic evidence, concentrated THC, and radical ideology paraphernalia, including books, flags, and handwritten documents” were also seized, police said.

Blevins was already on felony probation and is prohibited from possessing firearms, police said. He was booked into the Kerr County Jail on a warrant for a terrorist threat to create public fear of serious bodily injury and is being held on a $250,000 bond, according to the police statement.

“This case reminds us that we need to always be vigilant. Many think ‘that can’t happen here’, and it was well on the way to happening,” Sheriff Larry Leitha said in the statement.

“Our investigators did outstanding work in this case, and possibly saved many lives. The plot interrupted in this case is unthinkable.We appreciate the assistance of all our law enforcement partners, including the FBI, DPS, KPD, and Secret Service. ,” Leitha went on.

“We’d like to remind the public, if you see something, say something.”