Policed in Kansas City arrested a man Friday at Morgan Wallen’s concert in after the man allegedly made a “terroristic threat.”
According to a press release from the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, Aaron Brown of Winchester, Illinois was during Wallen’s concert at Arrowhead Stadium after allegedly making a threat on social media. The threat led to a 40-minute delay in the music event, according to officials.
A man was arrested Friday at Morgan Wallen’s concert at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium after making a “terroristic threat” that caused a 45-minute delay to the headliner’s set. https://t.co/a2DsWI93Yf
— Variety (@Variety) August 3, 2024
“An Illinois man has been charged with a felony after he threatened on social media to shoot two individuals at a concert Friday night at Arrowhead in Kansas City, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today,” the statement reads.
“Aaron Brown of Winchester, Ill, faces a Class E felony of Making a Terroristic Threat in the 2nd Degree. According to court records, Kansas City police detectives and intelligence analysts in the Kansas City Fusion Center working at GEHA field at Arrowhead on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, officers were monitoring threats at a planned concert when they observed on X (Twitter) a threat against two individuals, who were members of the Kansas City Chiefs organization, were present at the event.”
Prosecutors initially requested a $250,000 cash bond for Brown, but he was ultimately held on a $15,000 bond, the press release stated.
According to a Daily Caller report, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office was reached for more information but has yet to provide a response.
According to Variety, the star-studded concert also included Kansas City Chiefs stars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes, who appeared with Wallen as he exited the dressing room.