A Virginia man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday over his attempt to carry out a mass shooting at a church.
Rui Jiang, 36, was convicted in March for his 2023 plot to gun down congregants at the Park Valley Church in Haymarket, Virginia.
Jiang had posted online threats about the church in September 2023 about his desire to kill congregants.
“Blood will be on your hands,” one of the messages on Instagram read, according to court records. A call from a concerned citizen the following morning sparked a manhunt to find Jiang.
Officers responded to Jiang’s residence and found a manifesto in which he wrote about his desire to kill men at the church.
