Phoenix man arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up LGBTQ+ bar over Charlie Kirk killing

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Phoenix police have detained a man accused of threatening to shoot people at a local LGBTQ+ bar as revenge for Charlie Kirk's death. Officers said that Gokey threatened a shooting at Cruisin’ 7th, allegedly telling them that “Charlie Kirk was a martyr" and he ”was a martyr for Charlie Kirk." He then said he “wanted to harm others” to send a message, using several slurs for transgender people. The Advocate has previously reported that out of more than 4,600 mass shootings between 2014 and 2024, at most six involved transgender suspects — just 0.128 percent. As trans people account for only one percent of the U.S. population, they are significantly less likely to be mass shooters than the overall population.