SOUTH FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Police in Pennsylvania arrested a man on Election Day for threatening to shoot workers at a polling place, according to officials.
Christopher Thomas Queen, 48, is charged with making terroristic threats and disorderly conduct.
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The incident occurred just after 8 a.m. at a polling place in South Franklin Township, police said. Queen was told he was not registered to vote in the area, and quickly became angry, according to a criminal complaint obtained by KDKA.
The complaint alleges that Queen said he was going to get a gun and "shoot up" the polling place. He quickly left thereafter.
WXPI's Cara Sapida reported that one elderly poll worker was "shaking uncontrollably" after Queen left.
UPDATE: Man arrested for threatening to “shoot up” a Washington County polling place just charged with felony terroristic threats. Polling workers tell me he became angry when they told him he’s not registered to vote. Allegedly said he was going to return with a gun.
— Cara Sapida (@WPXICara) November 6, 2018
BREAKING: Man arrested for threatening to shoot up a Washington County polling place. Witnesses told me an elderly poll worker was shaking uncontrollably after he left.
— Cara Sapida (@WPXICara) November 6, 2018
State police just caught the suspect, I’ll have more details shortly.
Queen was located and taken into custody, according to the criminal complaint. At his arraignment Tuesday, he told the judge he does not own a firearm and is not a danger to the public, WPXI reports.