A man from Utah who reportedly threatened to shoot in a series of social media posts in New York City was arrested when he tried to cross Manhattan via the Lincoln tunnel on Friday evening, according to the police and sources.
Luis Ramirez, 23, was custody around 5:30 pm by the police of the Port Authority in New Jersey after the authorities were warned of an eruption of anti -Semitic posts that he reported to his X account said the NYPD and Sources.
In one message, Ramirez Central Synagogue quoted Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, the police said.
The NYPD was informed Ramirez traveled to the Big Apple from outside the state and the police of Port Authority could get him before he came to Manhattan, the police said.
The Community Security Initiative, a joint program of the UJA-Federation and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York to strengthen the safety for Jewish institutions, marked the threats and worked with law enforcement to inform synagogues in the city, according to according to Sources.
Ramirez, who has no criminal record, was reportedly found in possession of a firearm when he was previously stopped during the road trip in Kansas City, ABC News reportedWith reference to police sources.
He had no weapons in his car when he was stopped outside the Lincoln tunnel on Friday evening, sources said.
No charges have been filed because the investigation is underway, the police said.
Ramirez is held in Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, says sources.
He is expected to be pre -lived on Saturday.
