DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Kevin Lee Tompkins, age 40, of Thornton, Colorado, has been charged by a federal grand jury with four counts of making interstate threats to kill federal, state, and local law enforcement officers.
According to the indictment and documents filed in the case, Tompkins made serious threats to kill police officers, FBI employees, Muslim Americans, judges, prosecutors, and others on a major video sharing website in June and July 2026. The indictment also charged Tompkins with being a felon in possession of ammunition after boxes of ammunition were found in his home along with a book about the manufacture of explosives. The web search history on Tompkins’ phone showed that, despite being prohibited from possessing firearms, he regularly visited websites through which guns are bought and sold in private transactions. The charges contained in the indictment are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
The investigation is being conducted by the FBI Denver Field Office. The Cybercrime and National Security Section of the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Colorado is handling the prosecution.
Case Number: 26-cr-0202-RMR