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By Ozzie Mejia
The Pokemon World Championships in Boston were held this weekend, but the fun and festivities were very nearly halted in a tragic manner. Two suspects from Iowa had threatened to rain down violence on the event, and had brought several guns from their home state of Iowa. Boston police caught wind of the plot, and were able to stop the two men on Friday night, days before they attempted to enter the Hynes Convention Center.
According to the Boston FOX affiliate, the two suspects had issued their threats through social media. Police were notified of the threats on Thursday and were on the lookout for the two throughout the weekend.
Upon searching their vehicle, authorities recovered a 12-gauge shotgun, an AR-15, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and a hunting knife. The story has been updated to identity the suspects, 18 year old Kevin Norton and 27 year old James Stumbo, both of whom were set to compete on Saturday under the Masters Division for the Pokemon Trading Card Game.
Meanwhile, context continues to come in quickly. These tweets were taken on Thursday, showing Stumbo and Norton arming themselves for their trip. The Pokemon Worlds tournament organizers swiftly kicked the two out of the competition, and it may very well be these posts that caught Boston PD's attention:
The comments that followed were also very gross. It was classed as a terrorist act by Pokemon.
This story is developing, and will be updated as details arrive.
The Pokemon World Championships in Boston were held this weekend, but the fun and festivities were very nearly halted in a tragic manner. Two suspects from Iowa had threatened to rain down violence on the event, and had brought several guns from their home state of Iowa. Boston police caught wind of the plot, and were able to stop the two men on Friday night, days before they attempted to enter the Hynes Convention Center.
According to the Boston FOX affiliate, the two suspects had issued their threats through social media. Police were notified of the threats on Thursday and were on the lookout for the two throughout the weekend.
Upon searching their vehicle, authorities recovered a 12-gauge shotgun, an AR-15, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and a hunting knife. The story has been updated to identity the suspects, 18 year old Kevin Norton and 27 year old James Stumbo, both of whom were set to compete on Saturday under the Masters Division for the Pokemon Trading Card Game.
These are the weapons that @bostonpolice found after plot to attack #PokemonWorlds.
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/298...d-championship
#FOX25
pic.twitter.com/f827INspPX
— FOX 25 News Boston (@fox25news) August 23, 2015
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/298...d-championship
#FOX25
pic.twitter.com/f827INspPX
— FOX 25 News Boston (@fox25news) August 23, 2015
A known disgusting asshole of a TCG player just got kicked out of and banned at Worlds because of this: pic.twitter.com/xgd4qrDz2Y
— King of Cluckers (@faiarrow) August 21, 2015
— King of Cluckers (@faiarrow) August 21, 2015
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