A 22-year-old Hillsboro man accused of plotting a mass shooting targeting women at Ohio State University faces life in prison after pleading guilty this week to federal charges of attempting to commit a fatal hate crime, according to the U.S. Justice of Department.
Tres Genco, who was forced out of the army shortly after joining, wrote a manifesto declaring his hatred of women, according to a from the DOJ.
He hoped to kill thousands, designed a plot for the attack and bought weapons before he was arrested in July 2021, the news release states.
Genco participated in online forums centered on the hatred of women and celebrated former mass killings targeting women.
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He鈥檒l be sentenced at a later date.
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