North Texas man who heard voices telling him to commit school shooting faces federal charge
A North Texas man who was arrested after authorities said he made threats to shoot people at two schools in Azle now faces a federal charge, according to court documents.
Alan Spencer Thompson, 41, was arrested by the FBI on Dec. 20. At least 10 guns, along with guns parts and ammo, were seized from his home, court documents state.
He was previously arrested by the Parker County Sheriff’s Office on suspicion of unlawful possession of firearms by a felon after he called 911 in October 2024 and said he was “hearing voices” telling him to commit a school shooting.
Thompson was taken into emergency custody for mental health treatment because investigators believed he posed a danger to himself and the community, according to court documents. He was released from the hospital after a mental health evaluation and was booked in the Parker County Jail in November.
Thompson said that he could hear voices from hearing aids, “the type that crawl in your ears, placed there by another individual without his knowledge,” and the voices urged him to commit school shootings and other crimes, according to court documents obtained by the Star-Telegram.
He was in possession of guns at his home and told authorities that his 911 call and the information he provided was not a joke, the records state.
Thompson was released from the county jail on Nov. 21, according to jail records. On Dec. 5, the FBI began its investigation after receiving an online report of the incident.
Investigators found that in September, Thompson was seen outside Azle Christian School and Church multiple times trying to open a locked door. After a security guard reported him, he was given a criminal trespassing warning, according to court documents.
Thompson told investigators that voices told him to target Azle Christian School and Azle ISD’s Silver Creek Elementary School, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
In October, Thompson had walked into the Parker County Sheriff’s Office to report that he was hearing voices from “airpods” telling him to remove money from a trust fund and damage his neighbor’s 18-wheeler truck, the FBI wrote in a federal criminal complaint.
Thompson was not allowed to own guns because of multiple DWI convictions, with the third one being a felony, according to court records. However, multiple firearms and accessories were recovered from Thomson’s safe including two pistols, four rifles, one revolver, three shotguns, assorted ammunition and magazines, and parts for several others guns including AR-15s, authorities said.
His guns were seized by the Sheriff’s Office.
At least one of the weapons had been involved in interstate commerce, leading to a federal charge of unlawful possession, the documents state.
After Thompson was taken into federal custody, a joint motion was filed by the prosecution and defense attorneys on Dec. 30 to delay presentation of the case to a grand jury.
The judge granted the motion on Jan. 2, according to court records, giving the attorneys until Feb. 18 to reach a possible agreement on a guilty plea.
The federal public defender appointed to represent Thompson did not immediately respond to the Star-Telegram’s request for comment.