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Mo. movie plot attack suspect planned ’09 killing

By Heather Hollingsworth
Published November 20, 2012 5:00am ET
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Mo. movie plot attack suspect planned ’09 killing
CORRECTS AGE OF SUSPECT TO 20 INSTEAD OF 23 - This undated photo provided by the Polk County, Mo. Sheriff's Department shows Blaec Lammers, 20, who is accused of plotting to open fire inside a movie theater during a screening of the new "Twilight" film. Lammers, of Bolivar, Mo., was charged Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 with three felony counts, including making a terrorist threat. Bolivar police say his mother contacted authorities Thursday, saying she was concerned her son had purchased weapons similar to those used in the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Polk County Sheriff's Department) | Uncredited

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of plotting to open fire inside a Missouri movie theater during a “Twilight” showing and then attack nearby Walmart was arrested in 2009 after following around a clerk at the same store with a knife and rubber mask, according to an arrest report released Tuesday.

Blaec Lammers went to the Walmart store in Bolivar looking for an “easy victim” in October 2009 after watching the horror film “Halloween,” telling investigators that watching the main character killing people “got him to thinking,” the report said.

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