当局说，一名前警察涉嫌前往路易斯安那州在一个大型节日期间进行大规模枪击，于周三晚上在佛罗里达州的一家酒店被捕，调查人员在那里发现了一支枪和近200发子弹。
奥卡卢萨县警长办公室周四在一份声明中表示，北卡罗来纳州教堂山的克里斯托弗·吉勒姆(Christopher Gillum)因“恐怖主义威胁”被路易斯安那州公共安全部通缉，并在佛罗里达州德斯坦的一家酒店被捕。
“当局获得信息，吉勒姆计划前往新奥尔良的一个节日进行大规模枪击，然后由警察自杀，”警长办公室说。
警长办公室声称，当警察逮捕吉勒姆时，他们从他的酒店房间里找到了一把手枪和大约200发子弹。
嫌疑人的律师信息没有立即公布。
教堂山镇的发言人在一份声明中说，吉勒姆从2004年到2019年一直是教堂山的一名警察，当时他辞职了。
该镇发言人亚历克斯·卡拉斯奎洛(Alex Carrasquillo)在一份声明中说:“他在2024年以非宣誓雇员的身份回来，然后在那年年底离开，去找另一份工作。”
根据美国广播公司附属机构WTVD证实的社交媒体帖子，吉勒姆被北卡罗来纳州奥兰治县警长办公室任命为2025年6月的月度警官。
《华盛顿邮报》赞扬了吉勒姆在逮捕一名涉嫌加油站抢劫的嫌疑人方面所做的工作。
“吉勒姆在抢劫犯作案前用过的咖啡杯上找到了一个潜在的指纹。当监控录像没有拍到有用的图像时，这个指纹让我们能够确认并逮捕嫌犯。干得好，吉勒姆副警长!”帖子说。
警长办公室说，吉勒姆被关押在佛罗里达州的一所监狱，等待被引渡到路易斯安那州。
路易斯安那州警方没有说嫌疑人据称是针对哪个节日，但在周四的一份声明中说，“没有已知的对路易斯安那州任何节日的直接威胁。”
据该部门称，州警察将与美国联邦调查局一起进行正在进行的调查。美国联邦调查局还重申，没有已知的对路易斯安那州任何节日安排的直接威胁。
“路易斯安那州警方和美国联邦调查局作为联合反恐特遣部队的一部分，在这起案件中表现出色，”路易斯安那州总检察长利兹·默里尔在给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说。
Former police officer arrested over alleged mass shooting plot at Louisiana festival
A former police officer who allegedly was traveling to Louisiana to conduct a mass shooting at a large festival was arrested Wednesday night in a Florida hotel where investigators found a gun and nearly 200 rounds of ammunition, authorities said.
Christopher Gillum, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was wanted by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety "for terroristic threats" and was arrested at a hotel in Destin, Florida, the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Thursday.
"Authorities obtained information Gillum planned to travel to a festival in New Orleans to conduct a mass shooting and then commit suicide by cop," the sheriff's office said.
When officers arrested Gillum, they recovered a handgun and approximately 200 rounds of ammunition from his hotel room, the sheriff's office alleged.
Attorney information for the suspect was not immediately available.
Gillum was a Chapel Hill Police officer from 2004 until 2019, when he resigned, a spokesman for the town of Chapel Hill said in a statement.
"He returned as a non-sworn employee in 2024 before leaving for another job by the end of that year," Alex Carrasquillo, the town's spokesman, said in a statement.
Gillum was named Officer of the Month in June 2025 by the Orange County North Carolina's Sheriff's office, according to a social media post that was confirmed by ABC affiliate WTVD.
The post applauded Gillum's work in apprehending an alleged gas station robbery suspect.
"Gillum located a single latent fingerprint on a coffee cup used by the robber just before committing the crime. This print allowed us to identify and arrest the suspect when security footage did not capture usable images. Well done, Deputy Gillum!" the post said.
Gillum was being held in a Florida jail and awaiting extradition to Louisiana, the sheriff's office said.
The Louisiana State Police did not say which festival the suspect was allegedly targeting, but said in a statement Thursday that "there are no known direct threats to any festivals in Louisiana."
The state police will be conducting the ongoing investigation with the FBI, according to the department. The FBI also reiterated that there are no known direct threats to any festivals scheduled in Louisiana.
"Excellent work by Louisiana State Police and the FBI as part of their Joint Terrorism Task Force on this case," Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement to ABC News.
