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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kelly Rissman

Arizona man accused of plotting mass shooting at rap concert to spark ‘race war’

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona

An Arizona man was indicted by a federal grand jury after expressing a “desire to incite a race war” before the presidential election in November, authorities said.

Mark Adams Prieto, a 58-year-old Arizona-based gun show vendor, was plotting a mass shooting at a rap concert in Atlanta in mid-May, according to a complaint. His sinister plan ultimately got him indicted on charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm for use in a hate crime and possession of an unregistered firearm, the feds said.

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