Authorities in California found 20,000 rounds of ammunition and several tactical weapons in the home of a UPS driver who threatened to commit a mass shooting at work.
Police were notified on Sunday that Thomas Andrews, 32, of Sunnyvale, California, had sent threatening messages to his coworkers at a UPS facility in the city. Officers launched an investigation into Andrews and found that he had five registered firearms, including four handguns and one rifle.
When authorities found Andrews later that evening, he fled the scene in his vehicle and triggered a chase with police, who eventually stopped Andrews and brought him into jail uninjured. Sunnyvale Police Department Capt. Dan Pistor told the Associated Press that Andrews “initially he indicated he wanted to fight with the officers” but eventually gave up.
After obtaining a warrant, officers found over 20,000 rounds of handgun and rifle ammunition, several high capacity magazines, five “tactical style” rifles, a shotgun, three handguns, and body armor.
Police also reported that Andrews had “staged” several backpacks filled with weapons and ammunition near the door of his home. Pistor said the quick response of law enforcement and the people who reported Andrews’s text messages likely prevented a tragedy.
“He alluded to a mass shooting in his text messages,” he explained. “I definitely think we avoided a tragedy.”
Andrews is being held in the Santa Clara County Jail after failing to post his $500,000 bail.
