Ex-Cop Arrested for Jazz Fest Shooting Plot

0:00It's April 23rd, I'm Cory with the story. This is Music News Today, driven by AI and Dilt for the Culture. A former North Carolina cop named Christopher Gillam got arrested in Florida on April 22nd for allegedly plotting a mass shooting at the new, Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Deputies napped him in his hotel room and found a handgun plus about 200 rounds of ammo. The festival kicks off today and runs through May 3rd. His family in Burlington, North Carolina reported him missing on Tuesday after he made threats to harm black people. Local cops were about to file papers for involuntary psychiatric commitment, but he slipped across state lines first. Gillam worked as a police officer in Chapel Hill from 2004 to 2019. He bounced back as a deputy for Orange County Sheriff's Office last year before quitting in September. Federal agents tipped off Florida deputies who started with a welfare check but put him under watch until they got an arrest warrant.

1:00Now he's charged as a fugitive from justice and faces trial in Louisiana. Authorities have a name to specific target yet, but with jazz fest underway in big names like Stevie Nicks and Kings of Leon on deck, everyone's on. High alert as this story keeps unfolding.