CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A man is facing charges after police say he made threats of a mass shooting, according to the Cape Coral Police Department.
Officers said they arrested Robert Chisholm II on Tuesday.
Cape Coral Community Correspondent Bella Line looks into Chisholm's history of threats:
The department said on Saturday, they received a tip about someone posting messages on a dating website indicating plans for a mass shooting at Yellow Fever Creek Park in Cape Coral, and referencing the Pulse Nightclub Shooting in Orlando.
This isn't Chisholm's first time making violent threats online. According to a 2023 police report, he anonymously threatened to bomb a property on the same website, also referencing the 2016 shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando
"We can always trace it back to the computer that it came from, so you're not as anonymous as you think you are online," said Lisa Greenberg, Cape Coral Police Department Public Affairs.
Court documents show Chisholm was already serving 20 years probation that specifically prohibited him from using the dating website.
"The fact of the matter is, if you make a threat like this you will face the punishment for doing that, even if you have no means or intent of carrying out that threat. Making the threat is a crime, and you will be punished for it," said Greenberg.
Police say an FBI task force officer searched Chisholm's home and didn't find any firearms. They say Chisholm acknowledged that using the website violated his probation.
Chisholm is currently in custody with a $30,000 bond.
"Hopefully this time around, the punishment is enough to keep someone like this from continuing this behavior," said Greenberg.
He now faces a count for electronic threats to conduct a mass shooting.
