IL Man Threatens To 'Shoot Up' Jewish Synagogue: Prosecutors
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By Eric Degrechie
Published on March 24, 2026.
Chicago man, Timothy Holmes, 31, is accused of threatening to shoot up a Jewish synagogue on social media, in response to a post from the Israeli government's official X account regarding the death of Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei in Iran. The FBI's National Threat Operation Section received information regarding the threat made by Holmes using his own X account, which has since been suspended. The subsequent investigation revealed additional threatening communications from Holmes's account, including a series of derisive posts concerning Jewish people. Holmes was arrested last week in Florida and charged with making a threat in interstate commerce to injure a person, punishable by five years in federal prison. He was released on a $100,000 bond subject to various conditions including not possessing a firearm or dangerous weapon, not contacting victims or witnesses in the case, not accessing social media or chat-based platforms.
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