Overview
- A Detroit TikTok user reported the post to the FBI on Oct. 9, triggering a federal investigation.
- Court filings say the post showed Pam Bondi’s photo with a sniper-style red dot and the text “WANTED… REWARD: 45,000… DEAD OR ALIVE (PREFERABLY DEAD)” with a caption questioning what happens “when they don’t serve us.”
- Investigators used emergency disclosures and data from TikTok, Google, and Comcast to link the account to Tyler Maxon Avalos in St. Paul, who was arrested on Oct. 16.
- Avalos is charged with interstate transmission of a threat, and the affidavit notes prior convictions for stalking and domestic battery plus alleged anarchist references on his profile.
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko granted conditional release with GPS monitoring, a curfew, mental-health treatment, no weapons or alcohol, and restricted internet use; his attorney says he is not guilty.