Mississippi Man Threatened Courthouse With 'Las Vegas-Style' Attack: Police

IUKA, MS — Bernard Sylvester Hird Jr., 47, was arrested Sunday for making terroristic threats to employees at a Mississippi courthouse.

Tishomingo County Sheriff John Daugherty said Hird is accused of calling in a threat of "a Las Vegas-style shooting" at the county courthouse Oct. 4.

The Tishomingo County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that 47-year-old of Jonesboro, Georgia, was arrested near Atlanta and waived extradition Monday to that northeast Mississippi county.

News outlets report Hird had missed his court date there after being cited for failing to stop at a weigh station while he was working as a truck driver.

It is unclear if Hird has a lawyer.

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