PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A Pinellas Park teen was arrested on Wednesday after making threats online to commit a mass shooting on a New York City subway, an arrest affidavit from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office explains.
Robert Trout III, 19, was taken into custody after a video was posted to Instagram showing him with guns saying "I'm gonna shoot anybody I see on that f***** train," according to the affidavit.
Law enforcement says Trout warned people who live in New York City to not take the train Thursday evening.
He reportedly had two pistols and two extended ammunition magazines which were seen in the video posted to Instagram.
"[Trout] threaten to kill at least 60 passengers on New York mass transit, the subway," the affidavit reads in part. "[He] stated he had 60 rounds of ammunition to kill 60 people."
Multiple people identified the person in the video as the 19-year-old, including his mother.
Two pistols were found in the vehicle that Trout was driving in on the day of his arrest, authorities explain.
According to the affidavit, the teen does have ties to New York and was expected by his family to be moving back to the city.
He's now facing three counts of unlawful use of a two-way communications device, two counts of threatening a mass shooting and one count of FBI courtesy hold.