Former police officer arrested for allegedly planning mass shooting at New Orleans festival
Deputies recovered a handgun and about 200 rounds of ammunition from his hotel room, and he is held pending extradition to Louisiana.
- Christopher Gillum of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was arrested Wednesday evening at a Destin, Florida, hotel for allegedly planning a mass shooting at a Louisiana festival.
- Federal authorities alerted the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office that Gillum was traveling to Louisiana to conduct a mass shooting, prompting deputies to track him using the county's Flock camera system.
- Deputies recovered a handgun and about 200 rounds of ammunition from the hotel room, and Gillum faces charges in Orleans Parish for making "terroristic threats."
- Gillum remains in the Okaloosa County Jail pending extradition to Louisiana as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival began Thursday, though authorities have not identified the alleged target.
- Sheriff Eric Aden credited the arrest to interagency partnerships and surveillance technology, though officials have not released details about a potential motive or the suspect's planning timeline.
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