Chicago man charged for allegedly threatening to ‘shoot up’ Secret Service office

CHICAGO (WGN) – A Chicago man has been charged after allegedly threatening to “shoot up” an office of the United States Secret Service and “hunt” a Secret Service agent.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois said on Thursday, March 19, 29-year-old Michael Kovco sent an electronic message via the official White House website that said, “I’m gonna hunt the secret service agent that comes to my door’s family so he better not tell me any identifying information at all like first or last name or pet name or address or place of work because im going to buy a small concealable firearm and go shoot up his place of work immediately if he tells me anything,” according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday, April 9 in U.S. District Court in Chicago. 

Officials said the message was sent about two hours after a Secret Service agent and two Secret Service task force officers visited Kovco’s home in Chicago to ask about a prior threat he had sent on Tuesday, March 17.

The prior threat, which was also transmitted via the official White House website, threatened President Donald Trump and one of the president’s sons, according to the complaint.

Court documents allege Kovco signed that message as being from “Mr. I’m going to [expletive] kill your child Kovco.”

Kovco has been charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce and was arrested last week.

He is scheduled to appear in court for a detention hearing on Friday, April 10 at 11 a.m.

“As I have stated repeatedly during my first year as United States Attorney, it is never acceptable to threaten a law enforcement officer, political figure, or a member of their family,” U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros said. “Under my watch, political violence will be dealt with as the serious federal crime that it is. Working closely with our federal and state law enforcement partners, the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office will find, arrest, and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law those responsible for criminally threatening the safety of our public officials and law enforcement officers.”

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