‘Shoot up the place’: Woman called in airport bomb threat to get back at her ex-boyfriend, also got him fired from his job, police say

Texas constabulary are looking for a pistillate who allegedly called successful a fake bomb threat to an airport, naming her ex-boyfriend arsenic the 1 who wanted to “shoot up the place.”

In charging documents obtained by Law&Crime, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said determination was probable origin to apprehension 25-year-old Trekalon Price for falsely reporting a weaponry menace astatine George Bush Intercontinental Airport successful Houston. According to the document, a pistillate aboriginal identified arsenic Price allegedly called the airdrome connected Jan. 4 to study that her 38-year-old ex-boyfriend, who was flying into Houston and was readying to alert to Cedar Rapids Airport successful Iowa aboriginal that day, was “going to bomb” some locations. She provided nary different accusation speech from her ex-boyfriend’s name, carnal description, and telephone number.

When instrumentality enforcement contacted the purported suspect, they soon realized that helium had nary intentions to weaponry immoderate airports.

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According to the document, Price allegedly besides called successful a menace to Cedar Rapids Airport, telling them that her ex “had made statements astir shooting astatine the Cedar Rapids Airport oregon utilizing a bomb.” She besides allegedly stated during the telephone that helium was carrying a firearm successful his bag. Once again, she had nary further accusation astir however she received the expected threat.

For some calls, she allegedly provided a fake telephone fig erstwhile asked for her interaction information.

The threats were taken seriously, the papers said, and the TSA deployed K-9 units and weaponry technicians to expanse the Iowa airport.

The charging papers says that erstwhile the antheral accused by Price was contacted by phone, helium had nary cognition of immoderate threats and was successful “disbelief” astatine the accusation. A Houston constabulary serviceman told him astir the calls that stated helium supposedly planned to “shoot up the place” and works a bomb, asking him if helium had immoderate thought who would marque specified statements astir him.

He had an answer: Price, the miss helium was “messing astir with” for astir of 2024. The study stated that his narration with Price lasted from April 2024 to November 2024, and that she reportedly “likes to usage those telephone apps to marque calls with antithetic numbers.” He told the serviceman that the past clip helium had spoken to Price successful precocious 2024, but she knew his whereabouts due to the fact that helium believed she was communicating with the “baby momma” helium was flying retired to visit.

His entanglements with Price besides reportedly outgo him a job. The ex told constabulary that Price allegedly called successful to his erstwhile occupation posing arsenic a probation officer, telling his leader that helium had “failed a urine trial for drugs” and instructed his leader to occurrence him. She aboriginal called backmost and admitted she wasn’t a probation officer. The employer, identified arsenic a witnesser successful the document, confirmed that “the determining origin successful the termination of [the ex] was the communications by suspect and the changeless issues she was repeatedly causing.”

The leader besides allegedly recognized Price’s dependable erstwhile the serviceman played the weaponry menace telephone to Bush Airport, reportedly “immediately” stating “100% that’s her” and identifying her dependable “as the aforesaid caller that would telephone his bureau to effort to get [the ex] fired.”

Police besides spoke to the parent of the man’s child, who stated that she did pass with Price implicit FaceTime, but ne'er told her astir the man’s question plans. She besides told constabulary that Price seemingly “feels bad” astir the calls that outgo the antheral his occupation and the alleged calls to the airports.

The pistillate besides positively identified Price’s dependable erstwhile played the signaling of the airdrome calls.

Price has not yet been apprehended.