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FBI: Minnesota man was making arsenal, revered mass shooters

This Dec 15, 2022 booking photo released by Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minn., shows River Smith. The Minnesota man who authorities say had idolized the man who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs and was building an arsenal to use against police was arrested this week as he allegedly tried to buy grenades from an informant. (Sherburne County Jail via AP) This Dec 15, 2022 booking photo released by Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minn., shows River Smith. The Minnesota man who authorities say had idolized the man who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs and was building an arsenal to use against police was arrested this week as he allegedly tried to buy grenades from an informant. (Sherburne County Jail via AP) This Dec 15, 2022 booking photo released by Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minn., shows River Smith. The Minnesota man who authorities say had idolized the man who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs and was building an arsenal to use against police was arrested this week as he allegedly tried to buy grenades from an informant. (Sherburne County Jail via AP) This Dec 15, 2022 booking photo released by Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minn., shows River Smith. The Minnesota man who authorities say had idolized the man who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs and was building an arsenal to use against police was arrested this week as he allegedly tried to buy grenades from an informant. (Sherburne County Jail via AP) This Nov. 11, 2022 photo taken by an FBI in an affidavit filed to the United State District Court of Minnesota shows River William Smith at a gun club in Prior Lake, Minn. Smith, who authorities say had idolized the man who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs and was building an arsenal to use against police, was arrested this week as he allegedly tried to buy grenades from an informant. (FBI via AP) This Nov. 11, 2022 photo taken by an FBI in an affidavit filed to the United State District Court of Minnesota shows River William Smith at a gun club in Prior Lake, Minn. Smith, who authorities say had idolized the man who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs and was building an arsenal to use against police, was arrested this week as he allegedly tried to buy grenades from an informant. (FBI via AP) This Nov. 11, 2022 photo taken by an FBI in an affidavit filed to the United State District Court of Minnesota shows River William Smith at a gun club in Prior Lake, Minn. Smith, who authorities say had idolized the man who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs and was building an arsenal to use against police, was arrested this week as he allegedly tried to buy grenades from an informant. (FBI via AP) This Nov. 11, 2022 photo taken by an FBI in an affidavit filed to the United State District Court of Minnesota shows River William Smith at a gun club in Prior Lake, Minn. Smith, who authorities say had idolized the man who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs and was building an arsenal to use against police, was arrested this week as he allegedly tried to buy grenades from an informant. (FBI via AP)
FBI: Minnesota man was making arsenal, revered mass shooters