Michigan man arrested for planning mass shooting at East Lansing synagogue

Seann Patrick Pietila, a 19-year-old man with anti-Semitic views and a desire to mimic prior mass shootings, was arrested and charged with transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure another. Federal officials say he may have been targeting an East Lansing synagogue. A search of Pietila's home turned up ammunition, firearms, a Nazi flag, gas masks, and military manuals. Pietila admitted to taking part in conversations about committing mass casualty incidents or mass killings but told investigators he did not intend to follow through with the mass killings he had discussed.