Police nab man in Chico they say plotted 'Las Vegas-style' mass shooting

CHICO -- A 37-year-old man was arrested Sunday in Butte County on suspicion of threatening to kill police officers and planning a "Las Vegas-style" mass shooting, authorities said.

The suspect, identified as Dallas Marsh, was taken into custody by SWAT officers at a Super 8 motel in Chico after detectives obtained evidence of his plot, according to a police statement.

Chico police say suspect Dallas Marsh was planning a mass shooting. Chico Police Dept

The evidence included unspecified information that he had made "criminal threats to kill specific individuals, specified law enforcement officers and was preparing to commit a 'Las Vegas style' mass shooting with a specified deadline," said the statement from the Chico police department.

Sixty people were killed and more than 400 were wounded in Las Vegas when a gunman opened fire on a music festival from a high-rise hotel in 2017.

After his arrest, the Chico suspect threatened to kill additional officers and their families and he battered an officer with a table during the interview process, the police statement said.

He could face charges including making criminal threats and battery on a peace officer. He was held without bail at Butte County Jail.

Chico is a city of 98,000 people about 87 miles north of Sacramento.

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