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........

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