‘Mass Murder Coming Soon,' FL Man Threatened On Twitch: Reports

BOCA RATON, FL — A Boca Raton man faces charges after posting threats of a mass murder on the social media platform Twitch, according to multiple reports.

Lowell Thomas Schoonmaker, 33, made the comments, including “Mass murder coming soon” and “Today I’m going to kill 20 people have a nice day,” while using Twitch on Dec. 9, according to WPTV.

Another post by Schoonmaker on Twitch, according to CBS 12, said, "Every day the world has made me hate it everyday someone abuses me demeans me or makes me ready to destroy the world and I don't want to be that way but unfortunately that's how life is."

He also wrote, "It's time for me to ruin my world."

Another person using the platform, an interactive livestreaming service for gaming and other entertainment content, sent a tip to the FBI, reports said.

The comments were traced back to Schoonmaker, who was suspended by Twitch for violating the platform’s terms of service, Boca Post reported.

Detectives with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office spoke with Schoonmaker, who said he didn’t mean the comments and was drunk when he made them, reports said. He also told investigators that he was depressed and wanted to take his own life.

He was charged with making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism.