{"id":29626,"date":"2026-04-17T09:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/29626\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:53:23","slug":"chicago-man-threatens-to-shoot-trump-decapitate-son-barron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/29626\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago man threatens to shoot Trump, decapitate son Barron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Chicago man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndil\/media\/1435581\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was arrested<\/a> after threatening to shoot President Trump and decapitate his youngest son.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of Illinois said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndil\/pr\/chicago-man-charged-threatening-shoot-united-states-secret-service-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Michael Kovco sent several electronic messages<\/a> to the official White House website last month expressing his intentions to harm the president, Barron Trump and federal agents who come to arrest him.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old suspect got the attention of Secret Service agents by sending a March 17 threat to the president signed by \u201cMr. I\u2019m going to [expletive] kill your child Kovco,\u201d according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Agents went to the suspect\u2019s home March 19 to find he wasn\u2019t there. Someone at the two-bedroom apartment reportedly said Kovco \u201cwas not presently compliant with his medication, he was unemployed, and rarely left [the residence].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kovco is accused of sending five messages that day threatening to \u201chunt\u201d Secret Service officers and kill Trump and 20-year-old Barron, the president\u2019s only son with first lady Melania Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m literally gonna find out how Barron Trump walks around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/17\/nyregion\/barron-trump-moves-to-nyu-washington-campus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">in NYC or DC<\/a> or wherever the f\u2013k he is and run at him with a serrated bread knife and saw that motherf\u2013kers head off,\u201d he allegedly wrote in one of his emails.<\/p>\n<p>Kovco is also accused of vowing to shoot the president with \u201ca high caliber sniper rifle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested on April 3. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilnd.uscourts.gov\/dailycalendar.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">detention hearing<\/a> was scheduled for Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"President Donald Trump (R) arrives for an election night event alongside First Lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron Trump, at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 6, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON \/ AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"5090\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2182526163.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8773385\" \/>President Donald Trump (R) arrives for an election night event alongside First Lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron Trump, at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 6, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON \/ AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also accused of sending an Aug. 18 message via the Central Intelligence Agency\u2019s public website containing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/04\/01\/massachusetts-man-president-trump-death-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">threat against the president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kovco\u2019s transmissions were said to have contained contact information including his phone number and email address. Authorities said the IP address from which the messages were sent match that of the suspect\u2019s home, which he shares with two adults.<\/p>\n<p>Kovco faces a sentence of up to five years in federal prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Chicago man was arrested after threatening to shoot President Trump and decapitate his youngest son. 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