Jason L. "Alexia" Willie | Perry County Sheriff's Office
Jason L. "Alexia" Willie | Perry County Sheriff's Office
In Perry County, a trans-identified male named Jason L. Willie, also known as Alexia Willie, was arrested after making threatening remarks related to a school shooting and harm to children, allegedly in response to transphobic "bullying."
The FBI detected the threats in a live-stream on social media and swiftly identified the suspect using the associated IP address.
While no specific school was targeted, Willie made disturbing comments, including references to a previous school shooting in Tennessee, which left authorities concerned.
“A trans-identified male was arrested in Perry County, IL after threatening to murder children in a mass shooting,” Reduxx Mag said on X.
“Police told Reduxx that Jason ‘Alexia’ Willie said he was acting on behalf of the transgender community.”
“And yet... Crickets from the mainstream media.”
Among Willie’s alleged statements were “we’re going to shoot your kids” and “the FBI can’t stop us.”
Although the 47-year-old Willie was initially charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, the threat-related charges were dropped due to a lack of specific target and Willie was released on $0 bond.
Willie made the threats on behalf of the trans community, according to Perry County Sheriff Chad Howard.
“At the time, we were under the impression that, possibly, there was more than one person involved. As it turns out, he was speaking about the transgender community,” Howard told Reduxx Magazine.
“He made the comment in a [police] interview when asked about what he meant by ‘we’ and ‘us.’ He said he was specifically tired of being made fun of and bullied for being transgender. So when he was saying ‘we’ and ‘us’ he was representing the transgender community as a whole.”
Howard told Reduxx the incident will likely only result in a fine.
“It’s more or less going to end up going to be a hearing. Now with the state of Illinois having the SAFE-T Act, which went into effect on September 18, those types of crimes are no longer containable. You just bring [a suspect] in for booking, processing, and biometrics and then you release them with a court date and it is all handled by the courts from there on out,” he said.
Willie’s next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 2, 2024.
“Willie took inspiration from the Nashville shooting that left 6 dead in March,” Reduxx said on Facebook.
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