FBI: Man made threats online to bomb funeral for slain Detroit police officer

DETROIT – As the Detroit Police Department was laying a fallen officer to rest, threats were being made on social media.

The funeral for Capt. Kenneth Steil was held on Friday and a vast number of the city’s officers were in attendance. The sad event was livestreamed across multiple platforms.

A threat was made in the comment section of one livestream prompting the FBI to investigate.

Deshawn Maurice Lanton is accused of making threats to injure using interstate communications, according to a federal criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

“Maybe I should drop a bomb on tha building to get rid of the rest of y’all.”

The threat was posted at 11:28 a.m. The comment was forwarded by a concerned citizen to police.

An investigation linked the Facebook profile, “Kane Pnotes,” to Lanton, the complaint said. The profile showed multiple photographs of Lanton posing with firearms, smoking marijuana and identifying himself as a member of the “Money Gang,” according to authorities.

The profile also included multiple videos of police officers getting injured and comments about how pleased he was to see officers being injured, the complaint said.

Lanton is on probation and has an extensive criminal history, including criminal convictions for fleeing police, resisting and obstructing an officer, assaulting an officer, receiving or concealing stolen property and felonious assault.

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