Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes said Wednesday night that an armed “potential assassin” wanted for triple murder visited his home in Illinois and killed him. According to largely confirmed accounts, police had earlier shot and killed a crippled man in a neighbor's garden. by the police.
Fuentes, 26, who is known for spreading racist, sexist and anti-Semitic views online, was seen on video of an assailant with a gun and a crossbow on his doorstep in Berwyn. , and claimed that the address was leaked online.
“Last night, an armed killer attempted to kill me in my home, which was recently recorded on this platform.” Fuentes wrote to XHe said the doorbell footage showed him yelling “Yo, Nick!”
“He had a pistol, a crossbow, and an incendiary device. I think he intended to kill me. He's gone now. I'm fine!
“The would-be assassin committed a triple murder in southern Illinois early yesterday morning, then arrived at my doorstep with a pistol drawn and called my name,” he said. added.
“The perpetrator drove two and a half hours straight to my house,” he later said.
Fuentes' account of the disturbing incident is consistent with a statement released by Berwyn police, who said they responded to an active shooter on Fuentes' block at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday. Chicago Sun-Times. But police have not said whether Fuentes intended to harm him.
Police say the deranged suspect, John Lyons, 24, of Westchester, Illinois, fled from Fuentes' block to a nearby home, then inexplicably killed two dogs and ran into another neighbor's yard. It is said that he ran away.
Lyons — wanted in southern Illinois town Mahomet Triple murder case – Disobeying police orders and starting firing at police. According to the police.
Police said officers returned fire and killed the man in a dramatic shootout.
Fuentes posted surveillance footage of a person wearing a motorcycle helmet and carrying what appeared to be a gun and a crossbow onto the porch of his home.
“I was live streaming at the time, and he rang the doorbell, tried the doorknob, and yelled, 'Yo, Nick!' Fuentes wrote about X.
The incident occurred the day before Fuentes, a Holocaust denier and accused white supremacist, was due in court in a criminal case for allegedly assaulting another person who showed up at his home.
Fuentes is accused of confronting 57-year-old Mara Rose about a controversial social media post on Nov. 10 and pepper-spraying her.
In the latest triple murder case, Fuentes' neighbors said they woke up late Wednesday to the sound of yelling outside their home, the paper said.
“It was like listening to a movie,” said Bianca, 33, who declined to give her last name. “All I heard was the police calling me 'John' and yelling 'hands up'. Put them up.”
Bianca said she “didn't think it was a coincidence” that the gunman showed up on Fuentes' block.
“Fuentes' address was encrypted and that's how the man ended up here,” she said. “I don't think it's a coincidence that the guy who killed three people in the south ended up here. This guy came from miles away, so why is he here?”
Matt, another neighbor who lives with Bianca, said he spoke with Fuentes the morning after the shooting.
“[Fuentes] “He said the gunman was trying to kill him,” he said.
