Report: Vikings fan arrested for threats to shoot Chiefs players at Morgan Wallen concert

Kansas City, Missouri, authorities are charging a man with a felony after he posted online that he intended to shoot members of the Kansas City Chiefs organization, according to a report from the Kansas City Star. The man was arrested ahead of a Morgan Wallen concert at Geha Field, the Chiefs home stadium, on Friday night.

The man, 23-year-old Aaron Brown of Illinois, has been charged with making a terroristic threat. Detectives and analysts working the concert on Friday night for police discovered the threats — which singled out two members of the Chiefs organization, whose names were redacted in court records — and worked to arrest Brown, according to court documents. The concert was apparently delayed from starting for around 40 minutes due to the police effort.

A trio of notable Chiefs players were in attendance at the concert: Patrick Mahomes along with his wife, Brittany, Travis Kelce and Chris Jones.

Brown’s girlfriend reportedly told police that he and friends would make burner accounts to post various things online and she urged him not to post the threat; she also shared that it could’ve been because he was a fan of the Minnesota Vikings.

Court records also recount how law enforcement, including the FBI, moved quickly to ask X/Twitter to provide identifying account information and how that information was used to contact Brown. When contacted by officers, Brown told them his location and was apparently detained without any incident.

The charge Brown faces for making terroristic threats is a Class E felony, according to the Star, and carries a penalty of up to 4 years in prison and a fine as much as $10,000.

The NFL recently got a big win in court

After U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled in favor of the NFL in the Sunday Ticket case on Thursday, the league released a statement. Gutierrez overturned the jury’s original decision, which called for the NFL to pay damages in a class-action case.

In late June, a jury awarded $4.7 billion in damages to fans and bars are part of the lawsuit following a three-week trial. However, Gutierrez argued two testimonies for the subscribers shouldn’t have been included, and he previously said they “didn’t follow the rules” during the trial – which also included testimony from Roger Goodell and Jerry Jones.

The NFL expressed its gratitude for Gutierrez’s decision and said it’s turning focus to this coming season. The league also defended its media distribution plans as it had in earlier statements about the case.

“We are grateful for today’s ruling in the Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit,” the statement read. “We believe that the NFL’s media distribution model provides our fans with an array of options to follow the game they love, including local broadcasts of every single game on free over-the-air television.

“We thank Judge Gutierrez for his time and attention to this case and look forward to an exciting 2024 NFL season.”