Fehring is the first step in what I hope will be a maximum sentence for the crimes he has committed over the last 10 years,' David Kilmnick, president and CEO of the LGBT Network and someone who received several letters from Fehring, said in a statement to Newsweek on Thursday.
In searches of Fehring's home, authorities allegedly found more threatening letters, LGBTQ flags that had been stolen in the area, along with 'two loaded shotguns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, two stun guns, and a stamped envelope addressed to an LGBTQ+-affiliated attorney containing the remains of a dead bird,' the DOJ said. The threat from Robert Fehring, a 74-year-old retired teacher, said the amount of 'firepower' at the parade would 'make the 2016 Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting look like a cakewalk,' referring to the 2016 shooting that killed nearly 50 people and wounded dozens more, according to the Department of Justice. A New York man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to mailing more than 20 letters containing threats to shoot, bomb and otherwise attack LGBTQ organizations and businesses in the area for several years, including a threat to plant bombs at the 2021 New York City Pride Parade.
