A Wisconsin teenager is in custody after police said he killed his parents as part of a larger plan to assassinate President Donald Trump.
Nikita Casap, 17, allegedly called for the assassination of Trump and for the U.S. government to be overthrown in written documents and text messages found by investigators.
The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant and found material on Casap’s phone related to the “The Order of Nine Angles,” which is an extremist neo-Nazi group, according to court documents. Law enforcement in Waukesha also said they found photos and communications referencing a self-described manifesto regarding assassinating Trump, making bombs, and terrorist attacks.
The FBI additionally said it found a three-page document in which Casap called for Trump’s assassination to create a political revolution in the U.S. and “save the white race” from “Jewish controlled politicians.”
“As to why, specifically Trump, I think it’s pretty obvious. By getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president, that is guaranteed to bring in some chaos,” one excerpt from the document said, according to an affidavit.
Casap also paid for, at least in part, a drone and explosives to be used as a weapon of mass destruction to commit an attack, the document added.
It said killing his parents “appeared to be an effort to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary to carrying out his plan.”
The document also contained pictures of Adolf Hitler along with the text “HAIL HITLER HAIL THE WHITE RACE HAIL VICTORY.”
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Casap’s mother, Tatiana Casap, and his stepfather, Donald Mayer, were both found dead inside their home from gunshot wounds. Authorities believe they were killed on February 11.
Nikita Casap faces nine felony charges, including two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of hiding a corpse.