It was one guy and he was arrested. All the erroneous reports are pretty much word for word the same, too.
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Claims that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers in North Carolina were being targeted by a “truck load of militia” have been debunked by local police.
A suspect was arrested on Oct. 12 after police responded to a call that an armed man had made comments about possibly harming FEMA employees. FEMA has been a major part of disaster response in areas devastated by Hurricane Helene including Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.
William Jacob Parsons from Bostic, N.C., was charged and released on a US$10,000 bond over the alleged incident. A statement by the Rutherford County Sheriff in North Carolina said Mr. Parsons was armed with a handgun and a rifle and that “Parsons acted alone and there were no truck loads of militia going to Lake Lure.” Lake Lure is a small town in western North Carolina.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-no-an-armed-militia-was-not-hunting-fema-workers-in-north-carolina/
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