Planned UFC Attack Foiled

Omaha Man Allegedly Led White House UFC Plot With Drone Bombs, Snipers

Omaha Man Allegedly Led White House UFC Plot, Feds Say

Federal prosecutors say they uncovered a planned mass-casualty attack aimed at the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House grounds. The case now includes five men, and new details point to Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez of Omaha as the person who allegedly drove the operation.

According to the Justice Department, Tycen C. Proper, 19, of Danville, Ohio; Bryan Omar Roa, 24, of Calimesa, California; Michael Alan Thomas, 32, of Pinon Hills, California; Daniel K. Eskridge, 32, of Kidder, Missouri; and Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, 31, of Omaha, Nebraska, “conspired to plan and execute a mass casualty event targeting U.S. officials in attendance at UFC Freedom 250 hosted on the White House grounds.”

Prosecutors say the alleged plan was not simple or improvised. It involved drones packed with explosives, an evacuation of the event, and then snipers positioned to shoot at “high value targets” in the crowd after people started running.

Alvarez, who allegedly used the name “Shepherd” on an encrypted messaging app, is described by investigators as the person “responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the planned attack, based on conversation excerpts in June,” according to the FBI and the Department of Justice.

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