New Jersey Marine accused of threats to kill white people, commit mass shooting
An ex-U.S. Marine from New Jersey was arrested Friday and accused of threatening to kill white people and carry out a mass shooting, federal prosecutors said Monday.
A former Marine from New Jersey was arrested Friday and accused of threatening to kill white people and carry out a mass shooting, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Joshua Cobb, 23, of Trenton, wrote on social media in December 2022, before he joined the Marines last year: “I want to cause mayhem on the white community” and “I want to erase them,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey said in a statement.
He went on in the Dec. 17, 2022, post to say he wanted to commit a mass shooting in 2023 and: “As of today I have officially began planning my attack,” the office said. It also alleged he said he had obtained two of the four guns he planned to use.
Federal public defenders listed as representing Cobb did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.
Cobb joined the Marine Corps and attended basic training in South Carolina from June to October last year, according to a criminal complaint. He was stationed at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, in February and discharged on or around May 10, the complaint indicated.
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