Texas Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Threat to Attack Turning Point USA Convention in 2022

Published on May 6, 2024

SAN ANTONIO—A Texas man who made an online threat of a mass attack on a convention of young conservative activists in Florida in 2022 was sentenced to five years in federal prison. Federal prosecutors said Alejandro Richard Velasquez Gomez, 20, of San Antonio posted a threat on social media to attack the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa. Turning Point is a Donald Trump-aligned group that organizes young people on college campuses into conservative activism. Mr. Velasquez pleaded guilty in 2023 to a charge of interstate threatening communication and was sentenced Wednesday. Investigators said Mr. Velasquez posted on Instagram that the first day of the convention would be “the day of retribution the day I will have revenge against all of humanity.” Mr. Velasquez had bought a plane ticket to fly from Austin to Tampa on July 22 but canceled the ticket the night before his flight....

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