‘Stupid, stupid mistake’: Court documents reveal new details about man who made threats against the Chiefs

KCTV, Kansas City, Missouri – New information regarding the incident involving an Illinois man and his claimed threats to shoot two Kansas City Chiefs players during a Morgan Wallen concert has been made public by the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office in an affidavit.

According to court filings, detectives and intelligence analysts from the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department and the Kansas City Regional Fusion Center were tasked with keeping an eye out for threats at the Morgan Wallen performance at Arrowhead Stadium at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, August 2.

According to the affidavit, intelligence analysts discovered the following worrying message on X (formerly known as Twitter):

Mr. [redacted] and the wife at Arrowhead. I will take the f***** s*** if he pulls out [redacted] or [redacted]. Fuck them! Furthermore, f*** You b****! (two middle finger up emojis on a hand)

Brown through X
The performance was postponed for forty minutes while law authorities looked for and detained Aaron P. Brown, 23, of Winchester, Illinois, the suspected culprit, due to the concert’s large-scale public nature and the presence of both victims.

Investigators reported that they requested an emergency disclosure on the social networking platform using Brown’s X handle, “Gooey Bag.” The request was made by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. One of the details from the request was a phone number.

Court records showed that when law enforcement agents called the number, they spoke with a man on the other end of the line. At first, the man and his girlfriend on the other end of the call, who was called as well in an effort to identify the offender, provided virtually little information.

The man on the other end of the line did not identify himself as Brown until later, according to court filings, and he did not provide any information about his whereabouts within the stadium.

Finally, around 9:30 p.m., plainclothes officers reported that they could see Brown and his girlfriend walking away from the section they were in toward the main hallway of the floor level. They caught up with him and placed him under an investigative hold for terroristic threats.

Brown’s girlfriend told investigators that she was aware of why they wanted to speak with him. She freely stated that Brown and his fraternity friends would create “burner” social media accounts where they posted “stupid stuff.” This was obviously more serious, however, she stated that he was a fan of the Minnesota Vikings.

The woman then revealed to investigators Brown had made the post as the pair drove up from Lake of the Ozarks. She warned him not to post it, however, he did as he did not believe anyone would read it. The post was later deleted.

While at the concert, Brown’s girlfriend told investigators she knew it was serious when he began to receive phone calls from a number they did not know. Shortly after, she began to receive direct messages from the same number. She was adamant that Brown meant no harm by the post.

The affidavit noted that Brown told investigators the post was a “stupid, stupid mistake.” He revealed the handle was an old nickname given to him by a frat brother and had the account for nearly two years. He said he had never made threats on social media before and reiterated that it was a stupid mistake.

The X account in question has since been deleted. Brown has since been released on a $15,000 bond.

Nevertheless, he posted it since he thought no one would read it. Later, the post was removed.

Investigators were informed by Brown’s girlfriend that she realized something was wrong when he started getting calls from an unknown number while they were at the performance. She soon started getting direct texts from that same phone. She insisted that Brown did not mean any harm with the post.

According to the complaint, Brown informed detectives that the post was a “stupid, stupid mistake.” He disclosed that the handle was an old moniker that a fraternity member had given him. He had owned the account for almost a full year. He repeated that it was a foolish error and said that he had never before made threats on social media. Since then, the X account in question has been removed. Since then, Brown has been freed on a $15,000 bond.