NASHVILLE, Tenn.--The criminal complaint filed against a Tennessee man charged with making threats against President Donald J. Trump reflects fears the man was "close to committing mass murder."
Andrew Long Ryan, a former Bowling Green Police officer living in Greenbrier, has been charged with making threats on social media against President Trump during the president's visit to Nashville on May 29. Among the threats are a Twitter post stating "I will kill Donald Trump if you don't follow my leader's lead."
A statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee also cited concerns of Ryan's erratic behavior before he made the social media posts.
The support document to the criminal complaint filed by a Secret Service agent details the erratic behavior which caused concern among family members on law enforcement.
According to the report, Ryan had been on the radar of the Federal Protective Service and FBI since at least January of this year. The report states on January 3, Ryan's father-in-law was interviewed and told the agents he "feared that Ryan was close to committing mass murder." The father-in-law advised Ryan was believed to be manic, bi-polar, and narcissistic.
The man also advised Ryan had stayed at a mental health facility in Murfreesboro but was not taking medication prescribed to him. Agents were also notified Ryan owned several weapons and those weapons were the first thing Ryan inquired about after his release from the mental health facility.
The FPS agent involved in the interviewed contacted Greenbrier Police about the concerns and the agent was told by the Chief and Deputy Chief of their own concerns. According to them, "all of the senior members of the department were concerned for the safety of Ryan's family or anyone, to include GPD officers, who came into contact with Ryan."Deputy Chief Randy Pack told investigators Ryan was "the kind of individual you hear about on TV after a horrific incident."
