Local man arrested after Facebook threat to 'shoot up' schools
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. - Police have arrested a 19-year-old Skagit County man who threatened on Facebook to "shoot up every school within a 100-mile radius" if his gun rights were taken away after the Connecticut school massacre.
Authorities had been looking for the man, identified as Korry Martinson, 19, since Friday at about 7:20 p.m., after he allegedly posted the threat on his Facebook page, police said.
The threat was seen by several people, who reported it to the Sedro-Woolley police and the Skagit County Sheriff's Office.
Martinson's mother also was contacted by several callers. When she confronted her son about the posting, he got into an argument with her and took off before police arrived at his home.
Authorities had been looking for him ever since, and the FBI was monitoring the case, said Lt. Lin Tucker of the Sedro-Woolley Police Department.
Martinson finally turned himself in on Sunday afternoon, when a friend brought him to the Sedro-Woolley police station. He was placed under arrest and booked into the Skagit County Jail for investigation felony harassment.
A screenshot of the Facebook threat allegedly posted by Martinson said:
"Okay, so about that shooting of the little kids.
"I would personally like to thank the man who did this. You will (be) looked u pon as a hero in my eyes. You have rid the world of 20 future s------- and w-----.
"I say good riddance, and that we need more people like you. It's the government's fault as to why these things happen.
"If this causes our gun laws to be taken away, to the point as to where I cannot own a gun, I will personally get my sawed off double barreled shotgun and my AK-47 and go shoot up every school within a 100-mile radius of my current location."
Lt. Tucker said the threats shook up many people in the community.
"I've got our superintendent of the Sedro-Woolley School District talking to my boss, wondering, 'Well, should we lock down the schools? ... What should we do for school tomorrow?' I've got the director of security for Skagit Valley College asking the same questions," Tucker told KOMO Newsradio.
Tucker said it's not clear whether Martinson actually owns any guns, and he had no criminal record before making the Facebook threat.
"He's been described as, he likes to stir the pot, get people riled up, his friends said. I don't think he realized how much he was going to stir people up," Tucker said.
"I don't think he understands the can of worms he opened up. You hate to see somebody's life ruined this way, but I also hate to have a bunch of people worrying about sending their kids to school."
Martinson is scheduled to make an initial court appearance Monday in Skagit County Superior Court.
Authorities had been looking for the man, identified as Korry Martinson, 19, since Friday at about 7:20 p.m., after he allegedly posted the threat on his Facebook page, police said.
The threat was seen by several people, who reported it to the Sedro-Woolley police and the Skagit County Sheriff's Office.
Martinson's mother also was contacted by several callers. When she confronted her son about the posting, he got into an argument with her and took off before police arrived at his home.
Authorities had been looking for him ever since, and the FBI was monitoring the case, said Lt. Lin Tucker of the Sedro-Woolley Police Department.
Martinson finally turned himself in on Sunday afternoon, when a friend brought him to the Sedro-Woolley police station. He was placed under arrest and booked into the Skagit County Jail for investigation felony harassment.
A screenshot of the Facebook threat allegedly posted by Martinson said:
"Okay, so about that shooting of the little kids.
"I would personally like to thank the man who did this. You will (be) looked u pon as a hero in my eyes. You have rid the world of 20 future s------- and w-----.
"I say good riddance, and that we need more people like you. It's the government's fault as to why these things happen.
"If this causes our gun laws to be taken away, to the point as to where I cannot own a gun, I will personally get my sawed off double barreled shotgun and my AK-47 and go shoot up every school within a 100-mile radius of my current location."
Lt. Tucker said the threats shook up many people in the community.
"I've got our superintendent of the Sedro-Woolley School District talking to my boss, wondering, 'Well, should we lock down the schools? ... What should we do for school tomorrow?' I've got the director of security for Skagit Valley College asking the same questions," Tucker told KOMO Newsradio.
Tucker said it's not clear whether Martinson actually owns any guns, and he had no criminal record before making the Facebook threat.
"He's been described as, he likes to stir the pot, get people riled up, his friends said. I don't think he realized how much he was going to stir people up," Tucker said.
"I don't think he understands the can of worms he opened up. You hate to see somebody's life ruined this way, but I also hate to have a bunch of people worrying about sending their kids to school."
Martinson is scheduled to make an initial court appearance Monday in Skagit County Superior Court.
Poor Kory..Its all a front.. But I can see why he would do things to get attention. His childhood wasn't all that great from the get go.Â
Don't let him out because now he'll be angry because you locked him up in the first place another reason to go firing off.
What is the matter with this world when you think it is ok to kill innocent children or anybody for that matter. If you think in this capacity you may want to get some couseling because your thought process has been distorted. Susabelle is so right this society is going to hell in a handbasket, I am so tired of excuses for doing evil. If you have a problem get help and if you choose not to get help then I pray for you because your actions are bound to hurt someone else. It's not the guns it's the people who have access to them.
Markov, how can you see this as a joke? Please explain? what if your siblings attended the "school(s) with in a 100 foot radius" that he threatened to shoot up. How can you condone anyone gunning down 6 and 7 year olds that are trapped in a room in a school building? Courtney Cadaver how is it a first amendment right to publicly threaten to kill people let alone children?
First ammendment rights don't matter to us anymore?oh right, i forgot. My rights end where your feelings begin.Â
@Courtney Cadaver ... sign up today just to comment? You should have stayed in school as you are big on free talk and small on intellectâ¦by the way, your boyfriend will get his day in court, make sure you show up to support himâ¦oh, and go ahead and pop off that keen wit of yours to the judgeâ¦
 @Courtney Cadaver Your rights end when you make a credible threat against others. Go ahead and defend him sweet pea. Nothing but a bunch of spoiled, entitled kids with nothing better to do than scream about rights they know nothing about, disgusting. If he had stopped with applauding the attack he never would have been arrested, but he basically said he would do the same thing, hence the arrest. Â
Wow what a friggen Moron !! Your a poor excuse for a human being...He didnt rid of 20 children...he took thier innocence and lives...They were just babies ! Ugh makes me sick , people like this...
This is a clear violation of the first amendment. Why do all of you willingly accept the Nazi police state that the U.S. has become? The lady whose letter that went viral... titled "I am Adam Lanza's mother"... asked her local police for help but they said they couldn't do anything until he actually committed a crime. But here this kid is immediately arrested for his free speech? Lets be consistent folks! If the police tell a mother who lives with a kid that threatens to kill... "sorry lady, he has to kill you before we get involved" then they should do the same with people who post stupid comments on the internet. If I were this kid I would find a good attorney and suit the schit out of the state.
@WorldOfMorons yes this is so true
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@WorldOfMorons ... Godwins Law...congratulations, you know nothing about free speech but you still have the right to exercise it....You know nothing of Nazis ..come to think of it you know nothing.
 @WorldOfMorons You sir, are a legend too :3
Opinions. I like the fact that we as civilized peoples can par take in such actions as sharing how we feel in a non violent fashions .  Â
Stupid kid just needed to sound big and tough.Â
I mean look at him, he probably smokes weed all day and says bro in every sentence. Â
I wouldn't be surprised if this guy gets the beating of a lifetime when he gets out.
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 @RB206 don't assumeÂ
 @RB206 Smoking weed doesn't make you violent FYI. It does the complete opposite. Please research some facts before sharing your misguided assumptions.Â
I knew him in high school and this honestly doesn't surprise me. Â He loved to make fun of people and try to start fights. Â As far as my knowledge goes, no one wanted to fight him because they had no reason to other than his desire to make himself feel better. Â He was a good kid for a while until egos got the best of him. Â He really does like to get attention with these things and now look where that has gotten him.
He has no shirt and spells horribly. Go figure.
 No spelling errors anywhere.Hmm, you sure you speak English fluently?
 @Markov "You will looked upon..." Do you?
 @jelisized  @Markov Those aren't spellng errors... ._.
This is what people think like when there is a God void in their life, could just someone trying to get attention...well he got it and he won't like itÂ
 @Steve Johns Some people don't need to be told from "god" how to live and be a decent person.Â
This is what people think like when they don't follow Buddha's teachings.
@Princess Thug
This cracked me up!
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If there was ever a religion where the followers truly understood love and peace and followed their beliefs in every aspect of their lives, this is it. I'm not a big organized religion person, mainly because too many of the followers seem to be closed minded hypocritical people. I dont need a church behind me to do good works. I dont need a congregation telling me what is right in my own life. Â
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 @Steve Johns It has nothing to do with a God void.  Plenty of nuts heard the voice of god telling them to murder.  Meanwhile, millions live beautiful lives with and without faith.  Stop with the divisiveness already.
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 @KimTwister Neither do people who can't use their shift key or punctuate.
Any idea:
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s------- and w-----.Â
sh*theads and wusses...?
 @mlauzon swaggots and whores
@Anacortes Gilbert @mlauzon I am about to be stupid i bet but what the heck is a swaggot.
Too bad Northern State Hospital in Sedro-Woolley is no longer open (on FRUITDALE ROAD, no less), it sounds like this guy needs to be there for life!
Timothy 3:1-9 ESV)
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.(2Â
@Scripture I hate bibele versus.
 @Scripture Stop already.
Someone should show him that someday when he (God forbid!) has a 6 year old child...
So, what happens when these idiots wise up enough not to post their threats on Facebook, and just go and do it anyway?
 @ladylib1 We have enough evidence of those already, sadly.
Well that's one way to get your Facebook account closed.
 @Craig Awkward moment when its still there
Yet another on the pile of cases that the judge should be able to sentence "to an ass kicking."
I would like him to say that in front of every single parent in Washington state. This guy and every other person like him makes me sick.Â
Hopefully they take this very serious and he is punished for his inappropriate comments and extremely serious threats.Â
More proof that we are surrounded by idiots. This guy isn't smart enough to own firearms but evidently that doesn't matter in this country. Probably has a license to drive as well. Moron, hope you have a great time in jail!
I find it adorable that you both believe this.
 @Powderhound To stay harm free he better p c ....(protective custody) even people in jail have kids, and relatives that are kids,and he's threatening to kill themÂ
This sort of gutteral moron worked into a frenzy by the far right political machine is a disgrace to this country.
I think that the Facebook people acted responsible. People like Korry need to be taught a lesson. Let's say 10 years hard labor with his cell mate Buba.
 @Telman@ I reckon let him go free cause all you idiots believed it :3