Legal authorities have arrested 35-year-old Marion County, Florida, resident Michael Wilcox for allegedly threatening to shoot up a local Pride festival.Wilcox made his alleged threats on a Facebook and Instagram post from Goblin Market, a local restaurant and lounge, advertising its June 14 Pride festival at the Central Florida Fairgrounds. He allegedly posted an image of bullets being loaded into a revolver with the accompanying text: Cant expect God to do all the work. Related DeSantis drops LGBTQ and Latin people from remarks on Pulse anniversary The callous omission comes as survivors and families visit the site before demolition. Another user commented, Please make sure security is upped it looks like someone in the comments here is plotting to do something, according to WESH. Other commenters also interpreted his post as a threat. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today The event was scheduled to coincide with the six-year memorial weekend of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting on June 12, 2016, in which a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 more.Someone reported Wilcoxs posts to the FBIs National Threat Operations Center, which alerted the FBI Tampa Division Orlando Resident Agency by June 13. FBI agents worked with the Orlando Police Department to locate and arrest Wilcox, who reportedly has a history of mental health issues. He was arrested and booked the same day.The alleged Facebook post in which Michael Wilcox threatened to shoot up a local Pride event. | Facebook screenshot His arrest occurred a day before the arrest of 31-year-old Michael Monheit, who allegedly tried to enter a Pride event in Wilton Manors (about 250 south of Marion County) while illegally carrying a concealed firearm. Wilton Manors is a southeast Florida city with a sizeable LGBTQ+ population.Monheit allegedly walked through a metal detector at the entrance of the citys Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival, setting off a detector alarm, which he ignored,according to theSouth Florida Sun Sentinel. He also repeatedly ignored law enforcement officers who told him to stop, but they detained him.Police found he was carrying a Glock 43 9mm handgun as well as two loaded 9mm bullet magazines in his pockets that held a total of 12 bullets.A mugshot of Michael Wilcox | WOFL-TV screenshot Last year, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)warned of possible terrorist attacks against Pride celebrations during Pride Month. A separate reportin 2023 found three times as many incidents of anti-LGBTQ+ hate and extremism during Pride events that year over 2022. Nearly half of the reported incidents were perpetrated by individuals associated with extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Patriot Front.Thirty-one members of a white supremacist groupwere arrestedin June 2022 in Coeur dAlene, Idaho, with police saying that they came to riot during the towns Pride festivities. In 2023,white supremacists protested a Pride eventin Bozeman, Montana, and the confrontation turned violent. Several other Pride celebrations faced protests from extremists targeting them for supporting trans children and drag performances. There has been a 112% increase in documented attacks on LGBTQ+ people nationwide, according to a November 2024 report from theAnti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker (ALERT)from the queer media watchdog organization GLAAD.A fringe few extremists, domestically and overseas, are irrationally threatened by the rising tide of acceptance for LGBTQ people, GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. It is important to keep Prides safe for all attendees, and for people to keep showing up during Pride and throughout the year to speak up for the equality and safety of their communities and all marginalized people.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.