North Dakota man sentenced for threatening to kill doctor, ‘shoot up’ VA hospital

BISMARCK — U.S. District Choose Daniel Hovland sentenced a North Dakota man Wednesday, Feb. 8, to a 12 months in federal jail for threatening to kill a Division of Veterans Affairs physician and to “shoot up” the Fargo VA hospital.

Curtis Lee Moran, 41, of Williston, beforehand pleaded responsible to utilizing threatening interstate communications. Courtroom paperwork mentioned he made a number of threatening cellphone calls to U.S. Veterans Affairs workers in June.

He initially known as the White Home VA name heart and mentioned, “I’m simply going to kill my physician and get life in jail,” in keeping with a legal criticism.

“I’m going to get drunk and get my automobile working and simply go in there and discover the primary white male physician and stab him with a knife,” Moran mentioned, in keeping with the criticism.

The defendant mentioned he “simply likes to kill folks” when he will get upset, the criticism mentioned. He left related voice messages on the Fargo VA Medical Heart, saying he needed to kill his physician, the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace in North Dakota mentioned in a information launch.

Federal prosecutors additionally mentioned Moran known as the Fargo VA Medical Heart once more on June 15 and left a voicemail saying he was going to “shoot up the hospital.”

He was arrested June 16.