Holy crap. The Los Angeles Times is reporting a really creepy incident that sounds like another attack on gays similar to the Orlando mass shooting!
Authorities in Santa Monica found possible explosives as well as assault rifles and ammunition in the car of a man who told them he was in town for the L.A. Pride festival in West Hollywood, a law enforcement source said.
Early Sunday, there was a call to Santa Monica police of a suspected prowler near Olympic Boulevard and 11th Street. Patrol officers responded and encountered an individual who told officers he was waiting for a friend. That led officers to inspect the car and find several weapons and a lot of ammunition as well as tannerite, an ingredient that could be used to create a pipe bomb.
The car had Indiana plates. He did make comments that he was in town for the pride event in West Hllywood [sic] this weekend. Sources said they did not know of any connection between the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday morning and the Santa Monica incident, and the investigation has been taken over by FBI.
Thank goodness he was arrested but it really makes you wonder if there are coordinated attacks by Islamists on gays today. It’s the beginning of Ramadan, and “Pride week” which I doubt the Islamists appreciate.
Coincidence or coordination? We’ll report if we see anything more on this story.
Read our coverage of the mass shooting in Orlando here.