AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst Police confiscated three guns from a town worker after he allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting, similar to the racist attack at Tops in Buffalo three years ago.

According to court documents obtained by WIVB News 4, a 24-year-old employee at the Amherst Wastewater Treatment Plant was witnessed by a colleague making comments about becoming a "minority" in relation to the amount of "Arab" people in the area, and that if that happened he would "have to go and do a shooting like they did at Tops."

The employee in question was reportedly watching political videos online at the time when the comments were made, according to court documents.

The order to seize the firearms, a Temporary Extreme Risk Protection Order, comes as a result of New York's red

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