A New York man who threatened to 'shoot up a synagogue' gets sentenced to 10 years
Hindustan TimesNEW YORK — A New York man who threatened in a social media post to “shoot up a synagogue” has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing a firearm as part of a planned terror attack. A New York man who threatened to 'shoot up a synagogue' gets sentenced to 10 years Christopher Brown, of Aquebogue on Long Island, was arrested at Manhattan's Penn Station in November 2022 after authorities were alerted to a series of threatening Twitter posts he had made including, “Gonna ask a Priest if I should become a husband or shoot up a synagogue and die." Police said Brown had a large military-style knife, a ski mask and a swastika arm patch when he was arrested at the train station along with another man, Matthew Mahrer. “Today Christopher Brown was sentenced to a significant prison term for arming himself with an illegal firearm as part of his plan to commit an act of terror targeting Manhattan’s Jewish community,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a news release.
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