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Prosecutors say leak suspect Jack Teixeira kept arsenal of weapons, wanted to kill 'ton of people'

Court documents featured this image of Jack Teixeira's room at his father's home in North Dighton, Massachusetts. (AP: Justice Department)

The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified US military documents kept an arsenal of guns and posted on social media that he would like to kill a "ton of people," prosecutors said in arguing he should remain jail for his trial. 

But the judge at Jack Teixeira's hearing put off an immediate decision on whether the 21-year-old should be kept in custody until his trial or released to home confinement or under other conditions.

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