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The defendant's co-workers told police they had received
concerning digital communications from Paporakis, including a
document outlining an alleged plan to carry out a mass shooting
and photos of tactical gear. They said Paporakis openly
identified as a white supremacist at work and told them he
couldn’t wait to kill Indian people, according to prosecutors
from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
The Mount Prospect and Palatine police departments coordinated
to locate and arrest Paporakis while he was leaving his home on
Sunday afternoon, the same day detectives believe he may have
been planning to carry out an attack, Palatine police said.
He had allegedly told his Taco Bell co-workers that Sunday was
going to be “a special day.”
Prosecutors said Paporakis called one coworker earlier in the
day Sunday, saying that his gun had jammed and he left “super
fast” without being seen.
“The seriousness of this alleged threat cannot be overstated,”
Palatine Police Chief William Nord said, adding that protecting
places of worship is a law enforcement priority.
Prosecutors allege Paporakis sent the coworker an eight-page
document titled, “Why I fought: A.K.A. (Aurora Shooter’s
Manifesto),” which described Indian, Jewish and African American
people as “subhumans” and outlined a plot to kill as many of
them as possible, according to a court document obtained by The
Associated Press.
In a search of his home, detectives recovered an AR style rifle
without a serial number, loaded magazines and ammunition, a gas
canister labeled with a slur aimed at South Asians, and a
several items depicting Nazi symbolism, police and prosecutors
said.
Paporakis allegedly described himself in the manifesto as “a
sociopathic white supremacist Neo Nazi filled with hatred,
fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day.”
A judge ruled Wednesday that Paporakis will remain in jail
pretrial. He is next scheduled to appear in court Oct. 30.
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