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Man Charged After Saying Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Should Be Shot’ And Stockpiling Ammunition

Ashe Schow
Man Charged After Saying Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Should Be Shot’ And Stockpiling Ammunition
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A man from Toledo, Ohio, was charged Friday with illegally stockpiling ammunition and for making threats against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), whom he said “should be shot.”

Timothy J. Ireland, 41 was also charged in U.S. District Court “with being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a fugitive in possession of a firearm, and making interstate threats,” the Toledo Blade reported. The interstate threat charge was related to his statements regarding Ocasio-Cortez.

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