Movie Attack Suspect Has History
***UPDATE 8:40 P.M.***KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Police say a southwest Missouri man who confessed to plotting to shoot up a screening of ‘Twilight’ and a Walmart store had been detained after threatening a store clerk three years ago.Bolivar Police Chief Steve Hamilton said Saturday that in 2009, 20-year-old Blaec Lammers followed a worker around a Walmart and threatened her. He wasn’t charged but was committed for 96 hours.In Missouri, hospitals, law enforcement and citizens can request a person be held against their will for up to 96 hours if he or she appears to be a threat to themselves or others.Lammers was charged Friday with first-degree assault, making a terroristic threat and armed criminal action. His mother turned him in. He is jailed in Polk County.Hamilton says Lammers doesn’t have an attorney.***ORIGINAL STORY***BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri man is accused of plotting to open fire inside a movie theater during a screening of the new “Twilight” film.Twenty-three-year-old Blaec Lammers of Bolivar was charged Friday with three felony counts, including making a terrorist threat.Bolivar police say his mother contacted authorities Thursday, saying she was concerned her son had purchased weapons similar to those used in the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo.Investigators say Lammers told authorities he was planning to attack the theater and a Walmart store Sunday. Police say he’d bought movie tickets, two assault rifles and 400 rounds of ammunition.A phone message left by The Associated Press at Lammers’ home wasn’t returned. Online court records don’t say if he has an attorney.Prosecutors say they’ll seek a mental examination.
