'He gotta die': Trump threatened with assassination 'ambush' ahead of rally, suspects said 'we only got one chance let's take it,' feds report

President Donald Trump speaks successful the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, successful Washington (AP Photo/Alex Brandon).

Three Alabama assemblage students are facing national charges aft hurling online threats astatine President Donald Trump up of a rally astatine their school, saying things similar "he gotta dice bro" and "we lone got 1 accidental let's instrumentality it," according to tribunal documents.

University of South Alabama students Amare Jemal Woods, Cameron Lamark Lewis and Kayla Leaann Smith were taken into national custody Friday implicit a bid of societal media posts that the FBI says targeted Trump earlier his quality astatine the school's Mitchell Center successful Mobile that day. All 3 are charged with threatening the president.

The alleged threats were each made separately and are outlined successful probable origin affidavits filed successful U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

"N—s gon retrieve the University of South Alabama the aforesaid mode they retrieve Utah Valley University," Lewis allegedly wrote successful an X post, referencing the Utah schoolhouse wherever Charlie Kirk was changeable and killed.

"IF YALL CAN **** Q50 YOU CAN **** THAT N—," Lewis said successful different post, referencing the "ambush shooting decease of rapper Mikquale Cooper, besides known arsenic 'Bloodhound Q50,' successful Chicago," according to the probable origin affidavit.

"He gotta dice bro," Woods allegedly said successful a Sept. 29 TikTok remark responding to a station astir Trump's sojourn to the South Alabama campus.

Also utilizing TikTok, Smith wrote, "We lone got 1 accidental let's instrumentality it," on with an representation that the FBI says is an "individual mimicking holding a firearm," according to the affidavit.

Smith was allegedly replying to a Sept. 29 station connected TikTok that said, "pov: erstwhile I overhead everybody astatine southbound alabama talking astir trump coming to our homecoming."

The University of South Alabama released the pursuing connection to AL.com connected Friday night:

The University of South Alabama unequivocally condemns immoderate signifier of threats directed astatine elected officials oregon immoderate idiosyncratic with whom we disagree.

We promote unfastened dialog and progressive civic participation, and having a quality of sentiment is simply a earthy portion of immoderate vibrant community. However, determination is simply a wide enactment betwixt exercising escaped look and engaging successful intimidation oregon unlawful conduct.

The FBI describes Woods arsenic a freshman aerospace engineering student. Lewis is studying biology and works arsenic a Walgreens pharmacy technician. Smith is studying simple education.

Woods attorney, Jason Darley, told AL.com that helium is simply a "diminutive kid" who is "the furthest distant from immoderate suspect I've ever represented successful national tribunal successful 21 years," the outlet reports.

"It's unfortunate due to the fact that he's a precise young, precise tiny kid and he's sitting successful national court," Darley said.

Attorneys for the different 2 students person not responded to AL.com's requests for comment, the outlet reports.

The station 'He gotta die': Trump threatened with assassination 'ambush' up of rally, suspects said 'we lone got 1 accidental let's instrumentality it,' feds report archetypal appeared connected Law & Crime.