Xanterra Worker Arrested For Mass Shooting Threat Day After Fatal Yellowstone Shootout

One day after a fatal Fourth of July shootout in a tourist hub within Yellowstone National Park, a worker in a nearby park village allegedly threatened a second shooting.

Robert Sherman, 55, an employee of private concessionaire company Xanterra, which is contracted to offer services in Yellowstone National Park, is facing one count of disorderly conduct in the federal U.S. District Court for Wyoming. The charge, filed Monday, is punishable by up to six months in jail and up to $5,000 in fines.

He’s accused of making a threat to the effect that “the next mass shooting will be here,” while quarreling with a coworker at the Roosevelt Lodge on Friday, according to court documents.

Court documents say the incident happened the day after a shootout at Canyon Village less than 20 miles away in which another Xanterra employee, Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, reportedly shot a ranger in the leg or foot before being shot to death himself in a shootout with park rangers.

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