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Maryland Man May Have Had Plans for Mass Shooting

Anne Arundel County Police

EDGEWATER, Md. (AP) - Police say a Maryland man who was threatening people's lives and claimed to "own" the government may have been planning a mass shooting.

Anne Arundel County police spokesman Lt. Ryan Frashure says officers arrested 56-year-old Kirk Green on Saturday after he caused a disturbance at a grocery store. Frashure says officers later found guns, ammunition and plans to attack government agencies inside his vehicle at his Edgewater home.

Police say Green had circled locations on a map and had written in a journal that he planned to "take back the land."

Investigators say Green was prohibited from possessing a gun because of a 2009 conviction for illegal possession of a firearm.

According to online court records, Green on Thursday was ordered held without bond on five counts related to illegal weapons possession.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.