PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A Phoenix man has been arrested after police say he threatened to shoot up a gay bar near his apartment reportedly because he was angry about recent political violence across the country.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Phoenix police arrested Treven Michael Gokey, 49, on accusations of making a terroristic threat and using a computer to threaten, both of which are felonies.<\/p>\n
Court paperwork revealed that officers were called out to Gokey\u2019s apartment for a welfare check after a crisis hotline reported that Gokey had made threats to shoot up Cruisin\u2019 7th<\/a>, a popular LGBT bar near Seventh Street and Osborn Road, because he said he was \u201ctriggered by political events.\u201d<\/p>\n When officers arrived, Gokey reportedly refused to come out of his apartment and allegedly made statements that the \u201cradical left violence breeds a far-right response.\u201d Police asked for specifics, and he mentioned the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk and the school shootings in Minneapolis and Tennessee.<\/p>\n In court documents, police stated they asked Gokey about those events and how they made him feel, to which he stated that it didn\u2019t make him happy and \u201cwanted to harm others\u201d to send a message.<\/p>\n Police revealed in arresting documents that Gokey said that \u201cCharlie Kirk was a martyr, that he \u201dwas a martyr for Charlie Kirk,\u201d and that \u201cpolitical violence breeds political violence.\u201d Police also detailed several transphobic comments he allegedly made.<\/p>\n Court paperwork also showed that Gokey had previously called Phoenix PD to make a police report, in which he allegedly stated that if officers didn\u2019t arrive quicker, he would \u201cshoot bystanders.\u201d Once police arrived, he reportedly said, \u201cIt worked, didn\u2019t it?\u201d Police also noted a previous call related to mental health.<\/p>\n Gokey was booked into the Maricopa County jail on a $250,000 bond.<\/p>\n See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n