A 19-year-old Ohio man accused of helping plan a mass-casualty attack at a UFC event on the White House grounds discussed targeting members of Congress; stockpiled weapons, ammunition, and body armor; and admitted to participating in the plot, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Tycen Proper admitted during a June 11 interview with investigators that he had been communicating with a group of individuals online who claimed to be Christian and former military. Proper was planning to travel to Virginia to meet them before the event, according to the complaint.
Investigators said Proper described a plot in which members of the group would stage a demonstration on the north side of the White House while drones carrying explosive devices detonated over the event area. The explosions were intended to force attendees and high-value targets to evacuate toward the south side, where members of the group allegedly planned to conduct shootings from sniper and other firing positions. …