COCOA, Fla. – Authorities say they’ve arrested a Florida man who threatened on Facebook to commit a mass shooting at Walt Disney World.
Florida Today reports that 23-year-old Derek Eitel was arrested Tuesday and charged with making written threats to kill or do bodily harm.
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The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office says Eitel was in a chat group Tuesday with more than 800 members when he posted, “5 likes and I’ll go shoot up Disney.” Eitel lives near Cocoa, about an hour east of the park.
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An arrest report says two of the members reported the statement to authorities. The report says Eitel later confessed to typing the threat on his smartphone.
Eitel was being held on $100,000 bail. Jail records didn’t list an attorney.
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