Arrested a man who threatened to shoot employees of CNN for «false news»

Arrested a man who threatened to shoot employees of CNN for «false news»

January 9, the contact number CNN did a pretty strange and frightening phone call.

«»The false news. I’ll come to kill you. Damn», then the caller disconnected,» said a sworn statement from Atlanta, who took the threatening call.

Arrested a man who threatened to shoot employees of CNN for «false news»

Three minutes later, the man again dialed the same number and proceeded to shout into the phone, threatening to come to the office of CNN in Georgia and kill all the employees. He said that he has a large Arsenal of weapons and he has the team, so he will easily be able to shoot them.

In just 2 days – January 9 and 10, is a man made 22 calls of this nature. In the end, the Federal authorities managed to establish the identity of the ardent hater of the TV channel. They found Brandon Griesemer from Novi, Michigan.

Representatives of law enforcement agencies managed to find and arrest Grisemer. On 19 January during a court session he was given bail in the amount of 10 thousand dollars.

After a few days, 22 January, the person who claimed to be the father of Grisemer, told The Washington Postthat «it was all a mistake and he (his son – usa.one) actually had nothing in mind.»

This story happened on the background of the award «the Fake news» of 2017, which recently held a President Donald trump. Among the nominees to receive the «honorary» titles including was CNN.

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