"Because he is Jewish": The plot to murder commentator Ben Shapiro on Yom Kippur revealed

Korby Aaron Stroup, a 29-year-old from Kansas, was arrested in Florida on suspicion of orchestrating a detailed campaign to murder Jewish-American commentator Ben Shapiro, explicitly citing his Jewish identity as the motive. According to investigation documents, Stroup posted countdowns on X leading to Yom Kippur as the target date. He also threatened Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, leading to a Secret Service raid on his home. He faces 25 charges, 23 of which are hate crimes.

Korby Aaron Stroup, a 29-year-old from Kansas, was arrested in Palm Beach County, Florida, on suspicion of orchestrating a detailed campaign to murder conservative Jewish-American commentator Ben Shapiro. According to investigation documents, Stroup posted a series of inciting messages on X, explicitly stating his intention to kill Shapiro "for being Jewish," accompanied by a countdown of 52 and 51 days leading to Yom Kippur. The case came to light after Shapiro's private security intelligence team identified the messages. His account also contained threats against Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Rogan, and the Obama family. The Secret Service raided Stroup's home in Kansas on August 4, where he admitted to posting the messages. Through cross-referencing digital data from X, Google, and Starlink, Stroup was located and arrested in Florida on September 12. He faces 25 charges, 23 of which are aggravated threats classified as religious hate crimes. The court ordered him held without bail. Ben Shapiro, a co-founder of The Daily Wire, has faced death threats for about a decade and lives under tight security.