Ex-Midshipman indicted for allegedly threatening 'mass execution' after Charlie Kirk's death

A former Naval Academy student allegedly threatened a “mass execution” on social media the day after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, according to federal prosecutors.

Police arrested Jackson Fleming in mid-September on one count of making a threat across state lines.

The message, allegedly posted Sept. 11, one day after Kirk, a conservative political activist, was killed, from Fleming’s hometown of Chesterton, Indiana, read: “Honestly not that surprised I'll be carrying out the mass execution of my peers in a couple,” according to prosecutors.

Fleming allegedly posted the message on the app Jodel. Popular among college campuses, including the Naval Academy, Jodel is designed for users to post anonymously about hyper local communities. 

Fleming allegedly changed his IP address to appear as if he was on the Naval Academy’s campus when the post was made, as opposed to his true location. The Naval Academy went on lockdown in response to the threat. According to court documents, two people were injured during the lockdown. One was a current student.

Fleming was indicted October 8 with one count of “interstate communications with a threat to injure” against the Annapolis, Maryland school, which he left midway through his junior year, according to local media coverage, according to the news website Task & Purpose.

He was released on a $20,000 bond and his trial is not yet scheduled.