Thiele sent the detective two documents that outlined his concerns about McLeod and included statements McLeod made in the chatroom that worried Thiele. 4, 2021, and said he would look into his concerns. 30 and did not respond Tuesday to an email about Thiele’s tip.Įmail records Thiele provided to The Denver Post show that a Denver police detective contacted Thiele via email on Jan. They declined to answer questions from The Post on Dec. 28 press conference to elaborate on the nature of the investigations.įBI officials have failed to release any information about what they knew about McLeod prior to the killings. 27 spree of violence.ĭenver police Chief Paul Pazen previously said that McLeod had been the subject of two law enforcement investigations: one in 2020 and one in early 2021. The self-published books described a character named “Lyndon MacLeod” killing some of the people he killed during his Dec. The review of the January 2021 investigation will also include whether detectives read McLeod’s books, Schepman said. “DPD is reviewing the investigation, but based on our initial review, there was not sufficient evidence to file criminal charges or a legal basis for monitoring McLeod at the time,” Schepman said.
Denver police could not link McLeod to a Denver address and had no reason to believe McLeod was living in Denver at the time, Denver police spokesman Doug Schepman said in a statement. He then would stop at nothing.”ĭenver police on Tuesday confirmed they received a tip from a person in Germany in January 2021 citing concerns about McLeod, including information about a fraud that involved a potential victim outside of Colorado. “But I can say that IF he should act, the result would be devastating.
“I cannot in good conscience say that he will act with certainty,” Thiele wrote in a letter to Denver police, which he provided to The Post. Thiele also submitted a tip online to the FBI and sent them a letter via mail, he said.
The gunman participated in the chat and made increasingly alarming statements that prompted Thiele to contact authorities, Thiele said. The German man, Andre Thiele, said in an interview Monday with The Denver Post that he contacted Denver police after reading McLeod’s books and participating in a chatroom for fans of the book. 3, 2021, about Lyndon McLeod and wrote, “I think that there is a small, but undeniable possibility, that the accused may commit a terrorist attack.” Denver police received warning about shooting spree gunman and his books almost a year before killings Close Menuĭenver police received a warning a year ago about the man who killed five people in an attack across the Denver metro and the book the gunman wrote detailing some of the killings.Ī German man contacted Denver 311 on Jan.
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