UPDATE:
After becoming aware of the low bond set, the Cleveland police department decided to follow up with Durham was made out of the safety and concern for the community.
Cleveland police say a police officer and co-responder went to the home of Durham to conduct an assessment and transported him to a local facility for a follow up evaluation.
EARLIER:
Cleveland Police arrested a man early Friday morning and charged him with threatening mass violence at a school. The man told officers he was upset he had been recently banned from Facebook and Instagram.
29-year-old Tyler Durham is charged with threat of mass violence on school property.
An affidavit we obtained says Durham made two recent social media posts that caused someone to contact police.
According to the affidavit, one post on a Facebook account with the user name 'Tyler Durrhhamm' said
'Restricting my posts can easily result in a school shooting... I have a history of poor mental health and this is discrimination. I cant post, comment, react nothing. Keep on and you'll be burying alot of ppl. If Im not good enough to live in this world nobody is!"
The report says a profanity-laden post from Durham on Instagram read,
"This is seriously getting out of hand. New email, new phone, new profile. Havnt even posted anything and im banned.... Clearly im being singled out, hate me that bad for words? Get to know me and you'll find out its a facade. Im actually the opposite of how I speak. Ppl weren't supposed to take my words so seriously.... Push me to murder. I dont want to hear a g--d---- thing from anybody after I finally snap and leave some bodies behind me. Im getting sick of everybody. None of you are safe. I want all of you dead friend or not. Humanity as a whole is a lost cause. None of you deserve to be here. And I know I dont. Ive been praying every night not to wake up and our sorry ass god wont listen.... Keep on and you'll see what broken bones feel like! Wayy more than the words your judge me for."
Durham wrote both posts on May 24th, the same day as the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 children and 2 teachers dead.
The report says after getting the tip, officers went to Durham's address.
After they placed Durham in custody, a woman who lived there told officers he had recently deleted his Facebook page "due to him keep getting banned."
Officers asked the woman if Durham kept any guns in the house, and she replied that his brother had given him one a while back.
Tyler admitted to having the gun, and told police where to find it. Under the basement steps, they recovered a SCCY CPZ-2 9mm handgun.
Durham later admitted to investigators he wrote the posts. He said he was upset "that Facebook kept banning him for what he thought was freedom of speech."
Durham was booked at 2 a.m. Friday, and released on bond 3 hours later.
Cases like Durham's are part of the current national debate over what are called 'red flag laws,' which would take firearms away from people who may do harm to themselves or others. Congress is considering a bill that would create a federal red flag law.
Many states have already adopted such laws, including Florida, which passed a law after the Parkland high school shooting in 2018, and Maine, which has a “yellow flag” law that requires a medical professional to sign off before guns were removed.
But Congressional Republicans are unlikely to get on board with a red flag statute for the entire country. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican who is also part of the group, said after the meeting that would be a non-starter, “whatever the color.”
As an alternative, they are discussing whether federal grants could coax states into implementing such flag laws.
We'll bring you updates on this developing story as we get them.