- “This is one of the strangest hearings I think I’ve ever had,” Chittum said, according to The Associated Press. “I’m having a hearing about a case that none of us is to recognize.”
- According to a verified copy of the unsealed documents from the news outlet, the suspect allegedly told his grandparents about the weapons and bomb-making material in their basement as he pointed a Glock handgun at them while they pleaded for their lives.
- “You guys die today … I’m loaded and ready,” the suspect allegedly said while threatening them not to interfere with his mass killing plans.