The following is a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California. This has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
A Northern California man has been charged with a felony offense for allegedly posting online videos of himself threatening to kill multiple military personnel at the Fort Irwin army base in San Bernardino County, the Justice Department announced today.
Christian Ernest Beyer, 41, of Petaluma, has been charged with interstate threats, a crime that carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
Beyer, an army veteran formerly stationed at Fort Irwin and who was court martialed in 2021 for assault, was arrested Wednesday at his father’s Sonoma County residence. A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco today ordered Beyer jailed without bond. Beyer is expected to be arraigned in the Central District of California in the coming weeks.
According to an affidavit filed with the complaint on Wednesday, on October 30, Beyer posted a YouTube video – using an account in his own name – in which he threatened to kill specific military personnel at Fort Irwin.
In one of the YouTube videos posted on October 30, Beyer allegedly said, “I had a great…life and I will…die for what I believe in. If you come to…get me and you have a …uniform on, you’re a[n]…enemy and I will not look at you as anything else. I will…fight you ‘til I take you down.”
On October 30, Beyer allegedly got into an altercation in Mendocino County with a group of elderly individuals after leaving his car in a neighborhood in which he did not live. Beyer allegedly brandished a knife at one of the elderly people, got in his car, drove away, then turned around and sped towards the group, driving his vehicle approximately 13 feet off the street at them. Beyer then sped away and drove to a parking lot, where local law enforcement confronted him, according to the affidavit. He allegedly got out of his car and fled, leading to a manhunt that ended with his arrest.
A criminal complaint contains allegations. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
The FBI is investigating this matter as part of its Los Angeles Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Assistant United States Attorney Daniel H. Weiner of the General Crimes Section is prosecuting this case.
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These men are being created by the military industrial complex, groomed from birth with video games of war, and perpetually glorified through social media, only to be taken down(or not) when the gun is turned on Papa.
The military industrial complex is the enemy, and as long as we’re fighting over how to clean up their mess we won’t ask them to clean it up themselves. Veteran services in Northern California sucks. I say that as the daughter of a vet who spends a lot of her time commuting to SF for my father’s treatments. IF MY DAD DIDN’T HAVE FAMILY KEEPING TABS ON HIM HE WOULD BE JUST LIKE THIS GUY. NO JOKE.
Make the military take care of their veterans!!
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This is the face of meth. This man has not been through any tragic wars.
Actually he has seen war. He is a combat veteran. An armorer. As in charge of the armory. He did 3 tours of duty in Iraq and Kuwait. He spent 22+ years in the military before his court marshal and discharge. Maybe if he goes to a VA hospital and rehab after his upcoming stint at Leavenworth he can regain some the respect he deserves as a veteran. In this link, you can look up his entire military career in the court documents at the bottom.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/former-soldier-who-threatened-mass-shooting-at-fort-irwin-arrested/