Tucson man pleads guilty to making mass shooting threat at U of A

A 27-year-old Tucson man pleaded guilty this week to threatening to commit a mass shooting at the University of Arizona.

Michael Lee was charged with making interstate threats. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when he is sentenced July 3 by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Márquez, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona said in a news release.

In October 2023, Lee made threats to commit a mass shooting at the UA in a group chat on Snapchat, the release said. Lee who was not a UA student expressed a desire to get revenge on “all the chads and stacies!!,” terms used as part of incel ideology.

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Students reported the threats to UA police and the FBI, the release said.