Police arrested a man attending a Morgan Wallen concert on Friday night in Missouri after he allegedly made a threatening post on social media targeting two Kansas City Chiefs players.
The popular country singer was playing a show at Arrowhead Stadium, home to the reigning Super Bowl champions, in Kansas City.
The concert was marked by a special appearance from Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce, and defensive tackle Chris Jones, who accompanied Wallen on stage, much to the delight of the audience.
According to a media release from the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, the arrest came after an intelligence analyst tasked with monitoring potential threats during the concert flagged a concerning post made on X at around 4:30 p.m.
The author of the post threatened to shoot two “members of the Kansas City Chiefs organization,” the prosecutor said. The post was partially redacted in court documents.
“Mr. [redacted] at Arrowhead with the wife. If he brings out [redacted] or [redacted] I’ll take the [expletive] shot.” the post read, followed by some cursing.
Although the names of the intended targets were redacted, the prosecutor’s office confirmed that these individuals were present at the event.
Investigators were able to quickly identify 23-year-old Aaron Brown, of Winchester, Illinois, as the presumed author of the post. They contacted him by phone. By this time, Brown was already at the concert hall. He voluntarily told officers in which section he was sitting, court documents show.
Plain clothes officers attempted to locate him, but by this time the suspect had fled.
Some time later, at around 9:30 p.m., police spotted Brown and his girlfriend attempting to leave the concert hall via the main hallway of the floor level and placed him under arrest.
Prosecutors charged Brown with a Class E felony of making a terrorist threat in the second degree.
According to court documents, Brown’s girlfriend declared that her partner and his fraternity friends “create ‘burner’ twitter accounts where they tweet stupid stuff.” She said Brown made the post while driving from The Lake of the Ozarks to the concert hall, despite her telling him not to. According to the young lady, Brown argued that no one would see the tweet anyway. But a little later, the couple decided to delete the post.
Brown, a “huge” Viking’s fan, told police he was startled when law enforcement called him. When police showed him a screenshot of his deleted post, he called it “a stupid, stupid, stupid mistake.” Brown has no prior criminal record.
Mahomes, one of the presumed targets of the threat, was at the concert with his wife, Brittany, who is currently expecting their third child. The couple shared the news of the pregnancy early in July.
Penalties for the charges are up to four years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.