Arizona Man Indicted After Planning Mass Shooting at Atlanta Concert to Incite Race War

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An Arizona man was indicted on federal weapons charges as part of a sting operation that involved a planned mass shooting at an Atlanta concert.

was indicted on federal weapons charges after being arrested as part of a sting operation that involved a planned hate, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm nearly a month after his May 14 arrest, when he was pulled over in New Mexico while driving from his native Arizona to Florida while in possession of seven firearms.

Prieto — who was a vendor at an Arizona-based gun show and whose previous remarks about race wars and mass shootings first brought him to the FBI’s attention in October 2023 — had allegedly targeted a concert in Atlanta that was going to be held on May 14 and May 15, 2024 at State Farm Arena for the mass shooting he was supplying weapons for, an

Earlier this year, Prieto sold a pair of AK-style rifles to one of the undercover agents as part of the plan. However, while Prieto was arrested on May 14 — the day of the concert — the indictment states that plans for the mass shooting were later pushed to June.

 

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