Federal prosecutors say a black Marine Corps veteran threatened to “cause mayhem” by shooting white victims and went on a hateful rant for months, aspiring to “go on to become a serial killer.” He announced that he would continue.
Joshua Cobb, 23, of Trenton, New Jersey, wrote a series of online posts and text messages vowing to shoot white people, saying, “If the 10th body goes down, I’ll probably get my adrenaline going.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.in new jersey said in a release Monday..
“This is a bad game and you’re all going to die,” Cobb allegedly wrote in one text message last year. “While I currently do not have the necessary means to kill as many people as I intended, one day I will have the resources to purchase suitable weapons to do so.”
In a social media post on December 17, 2022, Cobb allegedly said he had selected targets for armed attacks.
“I have not selected [sic] “Exact date, but certainly close to a holiday important to their race,” prosecutors said he wrote. “I already have a place in mind that I have frequented over the past year, and I am sure there is no armed person there who can stop me from spraying the ground.”
Mr. Cobb was grilled by federal agents and admitted to writing the messages, according to an 11-page federal complaint filed Friday. – He also revealed details of the location he chose for the attack.
That included Jersey Strong Gym and Aldi grocery store in Robbinsville, Mercer County.
According to federal authorities, he warned in May 2023 that “my rampage is about to happen.” “We will continue to accumulate the equipment necessary for the execution. Once all the equipment arrives, time will tell. You will all die.”
Cobb, who was stationed in California with the Corps, wrote his first social media message in December 2022 and continued to post online using the name “1dayUsuffer” on TikTok and in numerous text messages for more than a year. Ta. He said no complaints.
In one post, he said a crossbow was “my favorite weapon to kill them.”
Last month, federal agents seized Cobb’s cell phone and revealed all of his messages.
If convicted, he faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
