Rocket Launcher Recovered in Alleged Plot to Attack Dayton, Ohio, Veterans Office

Two men were being questioned after federal agents and local officers learned the men planned “to show up at the Dayton, Ohio Veterans Affairs (VA) Center and basically shoot a bunch of people up,” police said October 25. Federal agents found a rocket launcher and other weapons at the Miami Bluffs, Ohio apartment of one of the men October 25, according to the Miami Township deputy police chief. A VA spokeswoman refused to comment, citing privacy regulations and the ongoing investigation. An FBI Special Agent confirmed the agency is investigating a threat made to the Dayton VA Medical Center either October 24 or 25, but he would not say how the threat was made. A deputy police chief said the men received services from the Dayton VA. ”I understand them to be American citizens who were also veterans,” he said. A neighbor said he found the unloaded rocket launcher in a garbage bin when he was taking out his trash. He said he climbed into the bin and recovered the launcher. The rocket launcher, green with “U.S. Army” written on it, was not loaded.