A WOMAN-hating "incel" plotted to slaughter up to 3,000 sorority girls "out of hatred, jealousy and revenge", prosecutors say.
Tres Genco, 21, allegedly said he hoped to "aim big" in terms of body count while planning to storm a university and shoot as many women as possible.
Genco carried out surveillance on sororities and other college buildings at an unnamed university in Ohio, charge papers allege.
Federal agents found Genco had penned a sick manifesto detailing how he planned to "slaughter" women “out of hatred, jealousy and revenge” and referring to death "the great equalizer".
Another document titled "Isolated" was described by the author as “the writings of the deluded and homicidal.”
He signed it: “Your hopeful friend and murderer,” according to prosecutors.
In 2019 he attended Army Basic Training at Fort Benning, Georgia.
He also bought Glock 9mm ammo and a concealed carry holster, a bowie knife, a bulletproof vest, a skull face mask, and a hoodie printed with the slogan "Revenge".
Then in January last year he conducted surveillance at an Ohio university, the DoJ statement claims.
One the same day he allegedly searched online for topics including “how to plan a shooting crime” and “when does preparing for a crime become attempt?”
'PLOT' FOILED
Prosecutors added: "As part of this investigation, law enforcement agents discovered a note of Genco’s that indicated he hoped to 'aim big' for a kill count of 3,000 people."
Genco identified as an incel – or involuntary celibate – and was active on the community's online forums, the FBI said.
The incel movement is based on the twisted notion that hatred against women is justified because its members have been unfairly scorned.
"Incels seek to commit violence in support of their belief that women unjustly deny them sexual or romantic attention to which they believe they are entitled," said a statement from the Department for Justice.
"According to the indictment, Genco maintained profiles on a popular incel website from at least July 2019 through mid-March 2020. Genco was a frequent poster on the site."
In one online post, Genco is alleged to have boasted of spraying “some foids and couples” with orange juice in a water gun.
“Foids” is short for “femoids”, an incel term for women, prosecutors said.
Genco allegedly compared his “extremely empowering action” to Elliot Rodger, a mass killer who is hailed a hero among the incel community.
Rodger also once sprayed orange juice on students, and went on to kill six people and maim 14 others in a gun spree outside a sorority house in Santa Barbara, California, in 2014.
What is an incel?
Involuntary celibacy, often shortened to incel, is a term used to describe a person who can't have sex despite wanting to, according to incels.
The term also extends to people who believe they have no possibility of finding a partner to get love, validation or acceptance from.
The community is predominately male and the forum incels.me suggests women have readily available access to sex as do gay men.
However, the movement was initially started by a Canadian woman known as Alana.
Some people who identify as incels blame attractive men and women for their perceived state – a belief that has led to several mass killings in the US.
The group dub people who are able to have normal sexual relationships as "normies" and have divisions within their community as to when someone can be classified as an incel.
Genco's home in Hillsboro, Ohio, was raided by local cops in March last year.
They found a Glock-style 9mm semiautomatic pistol, with no manufacturer’s marks or serial number, hidden in a heating vent.
And in the trunk of his car they found another firearm with a bump stock attached, several loaded magazines, body armor and boxes of ammunition.
Genco was sentenced to 17 months in prison for "terrorist threats" by a court in Cincinnati last year.
He was released in January and re-arrested yesterday by federal agents.
They said he was found to be in possession of a weapon equipped with a rapid fire device.
A grand jury has indicted him on one count of attempting to commit a hate crime.
If found guilty he could face life in prison because it involved an attempt to kill, the DoJ said.
Genco is also charged with one count of illegally possessing a machine gun, which carries a maximum jail term of ten years.
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