Story out of Stockton, California:
The Stockton Police Department announced late Wednesday night that it had made an arrest in connection with a paintball gun attack that occurred earlier this month outside a gay nightclub.
Branden Keithly Staples, 19, of Stockton was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, making terrorist threats, committing a hate crime, possession of a destructive device and other crimes, authorities said. He is being held in San Joaquin County Jail on $6 million bail, according to jail records.
Detectives from the Police Department’s Vice Unit contacted Staples while conducting a follow-up investigation on a criminal threats case that was reported by St. Mary’s High School on June 7, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the department. Investigators believe Staples threatened to harm school staff via social media.
Detectives located Staples in Lodi and transported him to the Police Department’s Investigations Division, Silva said. Through further investigation, detectives determined that Staples also was responsible for the paintball gun attack, which occurred June 12 outside the LGBT Paradise Nightclub on North Lower Sacramento Road, Silva said.
The attack occurred while a gunman was carrying out one of the largest mass shootings in American history inside a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and wounding 53 more. Cont.
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