SPOKANE, Wash. — A Clarkston man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for making threats to kill his lawyer, the prosecutor and members of the community.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Washington, 39-year-old Trevor J. Lunney was already in community custody in July of 2022 for threatening to kill people.
Court documents reveal Lunney texted his corrections officers, saying, “in 19 days, mass violence becomes inevitable.” Lunney also shared his plans for a mass shooting at an Asotin County School District school and a mass shooting at the Asotin County Fair.
Lunney continued making threats after being contacted by correction officers, including his plan to livestream himself opening fire on a crowd at the Asotin County Fair Parade.
Lunney was arrested on July 18, 2022 and booked into the Asotin County Jail for these threats.
While in jail, Lunney made multiple calls and sent emails and letters saying he was angry at the justice system, his defense attorney and the prosecutor assigned to his case. He talked about his plan to obtain a gun and commit mass murder.
On December 5, 2022, Lunney sent a letter from jail where he said, “I want to have a murder-suicide with my lawyer when I leave here… I want to kill my lawyer and the prosecutors when I get out.”
“Mr. Lunney’s threats were alarming, disturbing, and terrifying in nature. They instilled fear not only in the targeted victims but an entire community,” said Special Agent in Charge Mehtab Syed of the Salt Lake City FBI. “The FBI takes all threats of violence seriously and will take necessary steps to ensure public safety.”
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