Police Prevent Potential Shooting at Boston's Pokémon World Championship
The 12th Pokémon World Championships took place in Boston over the weekend, and it appears the nation's latest horrific mass shooting may have been averted. On Friday, Aug. 21, the event's kickoff day, police followed up on a threatening social media post and discovered a car parked near the Hynes Convention Center containing "one 12-gauge Remington shotgun, one DPMS Model AR-15 rifle, several hundred rounds of ammunition, and a hunting knife," per the Boston Police Department.
Two men, 18-year-old Kevin Norton and 27-year-old James Stumbo, were arrested in a Saugus, Mass. hotel shortly after. Neither possessed a gun permit. They have been charged with "unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and other firearm related charges." The men drove to Boston from Iowa after Stumbo made an Aug. 19 Facebook post showing the weapons on the hood of a car, writing, "Kevin Norton and I are ready for worlds Boston here we come!!!" In the comments section, Stumbo referenced "killing the competition." Norton and Stumbo were invited to play in the competition; Stumbo is Nebraska's 2015 Pokémon state champion.
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