VOLUSIA COUNTY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Tristan Wix, of Daytona Beach, Florida has been identified as the suspect arrested and charged with making threats to commit a mass shooting, reports say Friday.
Wix, 25, was taken into custody Friday after the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to text messages in which the suspect detailed plans to shoot “as many people as he could” in a large crowd, according to investigators.
Wix’s text messages included the following:
“A school is a weak target… (I’d) be more likely to open fire on a large crowd of people from over 3 miles away… I’d wanna break a world record for longest confirmed kill ever.”
“I wanna open fire on a large crowd of people from over 3 miles away before I die and I need a spotter (laughing cry face emoji).”
“What you wanna do after the fact, is your own business, if you want to plan to escape we can work on that. But I don’t intend on walking away alive, unless I see it fit.”
“But a good 100 kills would be nice. I already have a location (laughing cry face emoji) is that bad?”
“Ah well even if you told someone, me saying I wanna do it and think about it is not the same as actually doing it lol. Was kinda hoping someone would come into my life worth not doing it for, for the sake of all those people (laughing cry face emoji). I’m not crazy I just wanna die and I wanna have fun doing it, but I’m the most patient person in the world,”
Wix was transported to the Volusia Sheriff’s Operations Center for an interview.
Wix told detectives he does not own any firearms, but is “fascinated” with mass shootings.
Sheriff’s detectives were in the process of obtaining a search warrant for Wix’s residence on Friday.
He’s being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail on a no-bond order.
The incident report and arrest affidavit are not available for release at this time.
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Geo quick facts: Volusia County is located in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Florida, stretching between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010 census, the county was home to 494,593 people, an increase of 11.6% from 2000 – Wikipedia.
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