A Texas man has been arrested after he was accused of making online threats toward Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk regarding an event in San Antonio next week.
Jacob Wenske, 26, was arrested by police and is charged with a third-degree felony count of making a terrorist threat. In an April social media post about the upcoming event, he wrote, “I know exactly where to bomb.”
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An investigation into Mr. Wenske began after the San Antonio Express-News posted about the TPUSA Women’s Leadership Summit in early June, at which Ms. Kirk is a featured speaker.
“I can’t wait to be the valet for her escort,” he wrote in the social media comment. He previously worked for a parking management company that offered valet service for events, leading investigators to believe his threats were “not isolated or ambiguous,” according to an affidavit.
His Facebook account reportedly showed “ongoing violent hostility
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