A Marine Corps veteran was arrested after allegedly threatening to open fireplace on a Texas highschool and zoo after main police on a high-speed chase, officers stated.
Joshua Finney, 38, is accused of sending Fb messages to a relative threatening to shoot up Morton Ranch Excessive College in Katy, Texas, and the Houston Zoo. The relative stated he additionally despatched photos posing with weapons, in accordance with authorities.
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Regulation enforcement confronted Finney on Tuesday, when he took police on a high-speed automobile chase in Katy, in accordance with investigators. One Justice of the Peace advised ABC News affiliate ABC 13 that Finney “evaded for eight miles at speeds of 110 miles per hour, driving on the shoulder, weaving via lanes, driving the flawed approach head-on at two patrol autos and harmless motorists.”
When Finney was stopped, police stated they discovered a loaded gun in his automobile with 39 rounds of ammunition. Regulation enforcement additionally has a video of Finney driving by Morton Ranch Excessive College, in accordance with police.
At his first possible trigger court docket look Wednesday, Finney didn’t seem as he being held in a psychological well being unit, in accordance with the Justice of the Peace.
Finney has been charged with harassment, evading police and illegally possessing a weapon as a result of a prolonged and violent earlier legal historical past, in accordance with police.
The investigation is ongoing, police stated, and Finney’s bond was raised to $10 million on Thursday.
