FBI finds hundreds of weapons at home of suspect in Arizona Democratic Party office shooting

"Federal agents on Wednesday morning hauled more than 120 firearms, including "machine guns," out of the Ahwatukee Foothills home of a man suspected of shooting at a campaign office for the Democratic Party three times and posting bags of white powder labeled as poison near political signs.

Jeffrey Michael Kelly, 60, was arrested on Tuesday night near his Ahwatukee Foothills home by Tempe police who, according to court documents, used surveillance footage to find the suspect.
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Kelly was ordered held on seven felony counts, including three of committing an act of terrorism. A court document said authorities were still preparing a case regarding the white powder attached to the political signs. A court document said Kelly was also under two separate federal investigations.
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A field office for the Democratic Party's presidential ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was shot at three different times in late September and early October. The latest incident occurred on Oct. 9 about 12:30 a.m. at the office near Southern Avenue and Priest Drive, north of the Arizona Mills mall.

The previous two shootings occurred on Monday, Sept. 16, and Monday, Sept. 23, at the same location. Like the October incident, those shootings happened overnight, between midnight and 1 a.m., and no injuries were reported.

According to court documents, the first incident involved a BB gun, whereas the second and third incidents involved gunfire from a .22 caliber gun. Damage included bullet holes in the glass front door and a window.

....more on the suspect:

"According to his attorney, Kelly was an aerospace engineer with a high level of clearance that allowed him to have illegal weapons, such as machine guns, his attorney said on Wednesday.

Records showed that Kelly has competed in shooting competitions and has made a few small-dollar donations to organizations backing presidential candidate Donald Trump this year. Records also reported Kelly donated to Kari Lake's gubernatorial campaign in 2022 and is a registered Republican.

A social media profile indicated he worked at a sportsmen's club and gun range in Mesa."

...and in 2022:

"Phoenix attorney Paul Weich told The Republic he was running as a Democrat for state representative in Legislative District 12 in 2022 when he had a run-in with Kelly. Prompted by several hundred dollars' worth of his campaign signs going missing in June 2022, Weich hired an investigator who he said found surveillance video catching Kelly in the act.


"We weren’t sure what his motivations were in targeting my signs," Weich said.

Further sleuthing by the investigator revealed details Weich said impressed upon him that Kelly had "violent Christian nationalist conspiracy theory-type things in his head."

Weich said the investigator unearthed Kelly’s employment at a shooting range and social media postings with a decidedly Christian nationalist bent. He noted that Kelly lifted a Christian nationalist website meme paraphrasing a quote attributed to Thomas Jefferson about "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."