US Army soldier arrested for threatening to ‘walk into a synagogue with my AK’ and ‘kill every single Jew ‘ inside: feds
A 22-year-old US Army soldier, Jakob Marcoulier, was arrested for allegedly threatening to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue using an assault rifle, as reported by federal authorities. The threats were made in a recorded audio rant on Discord in February 2026 and led to an FBI investigation. Marcoulier, accused of espousing white supremacist views, faces up to five years in federal prison for transmitting threats across state lines.
- ▪Jakob Marcoulier, a soldier stationed at Fort Polk in Louisiana, allegedly threatened to attack a synagogue with an AK rifle and kill every Jew inside.
- ▪The FBI traced the threats to Marcoulier after a tip about a Discord user named 'el.bostino' and found recorded audio of the rant.
- ▪Marcoulier expressed extremist views, stating his intent to secure 'white youth' by killing Jewish people and predicted he would make the news after returning from deployment.
- ▪He was arrested on charges of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce and could face five years in prison.
- ▪Discord banned Marcoulier’s account for violating its policy on hateful conduct and cooperated with law enforcement.
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US News US Army soldier arrested for threatening to ‘walk into a synagogue with my AK’ and ‘kill every single Jew ‘ inside: feds By Zoe Hussain Published April 28, 2026, 6:50 p.m. ET A US Army soldier stationed at a Louisiana base allegedly threatened to walk into a synagogue with an assault rifle and “kill every single Jew” there in a vile Discord rant, according to authorities. Jakob Marcoulier, a 22-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Polk, was arrested last week after he allegedly launched violent antisemitic threats on the app in February, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana. Jakob Marcoulier, 22, was snapped smirking in his mugshot.
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