A 30 year old man in Texas was arrested on Sunday after allegedly making threats to kill members of the Steelers team and their fans.
This is 30-year-old Yuttana Choochongkol. He was arrested in TX after police say he made threats to “kill Steelers football players and fans” at the game tomorrow. The FBI says they tracked him to San Antonio through an IP address. pic.twitter.com/mz8HMwZa4G
— Jackie Cain (@JackieCainTV) January 14, 2018
Yuttana Choochongkol, a resident of San Antonio, wrote his intentions to attack Heinz Field to the Pittsburgh station KDKA-TV.
Choochongkol wrote: “This Sunday’s playoff game in Pittsburgh is going to be like no other. Why? Because it’s going to be my last day on this pathetic planet. So why not take some innocent lives with me? The Steelers game will be packed, and that’s when I plan on killing Steelers football players and fans before taking my own pitiful life. After all, what does a person that is going to commit suicide have to lose? Absolutely nothing. So why not take out some million dollar Steelers players before me? Sounds like a good idea. Hahahahahah.”
Choochongkol sent an additional threat to Heinz Field’s official website hours later with similar claims, according to a police report.
Choochongkol’s IP address was later identified at Worldwide Clinical Trials in San Antonio. Since 2011, he has volunteered at the clinic nearly 30 times.
He was charged with making threats of terrorism.