‘He gotta die’: Donald Trump threatened with assassination ‘ambush’ ahead of rally, suspects said ‘we only got one Shocking Thing to Do

Three college students in Alabama have been arrested and are facing serious federal charges after authorities accused them of posting threatening messages about President Donald Trump online shortly before he appeared at a rally at their university.

The three students have been identified as Amare Jemal Woods, Cameron Lamark Lewis and Kayla Leaann Smith. They are all students at the University of South Alabama in Mobile.

Federal authorities took the three students into custody on Friday after the FBI investigated a series of social media posts that allegedly contained threats against Trump. The posts appeared before Trump was due to speak at the university’s Mitchell Center.

According to federal court documents, the three students are accused of making separate posts or comments online. Each has been charged with threatening the president.

Investigators say some of the messages were particularly concerning because they appeared to suggest violence against Trump at a time when he was preparing to visit their campus.

One of the students, Cameron Lamark Lewis, allegedly posted a message on X suggesting that people would remember the University of South Alabama in the same way they remembered Utah Valley University, where Charlie Kirk was shot and killed.

Authorities say Lewis also allegedly made another post that appeared to refer to the fatal shooting of Chicago rapper Mikquale Cooper, known as Bloodhound Q50, while making a violent reference to Trump.

Another student, Amare Jemal Woods, allegedly made a comment on TikTok on September 29 after seeing a post discussing Trump’s planned visit to the University of South Alabama.

“He gotta die bro,” Woods allegedly wrote, according to the federal court documents.

The third student, Kayla Leaann Smith, is also accused of posting a concerning message on TikTok.

According to investigators, Smith allegedly wrote, “We only got one chance let’s take it.” The message was reportedly accompanied by an image of a person appearing to imitate the action of holding a firearm.

Federal investigators say Smith made the comment while responding to another TikTok post about people at the University of South Alabama discussing Trump’s upcoming visit for the school’s homecoming events.

The posts attracted the attention of federal authorities because the president was scheduled to be physically present on the campus. The FBI investigated the messages, and the three students were later taken into federal custody.

The University of South Alabama has strongly condemned the alleged threats.

In a statement, the university said it supports open discussion and understands that people will have different political opinions. However, university officials stressed that there is an important difference between expressing disagreement and making threats or engaging in potentially unlawful behaviour.

The university said threats against elected officials, or against anyone because of a disagreement, are unacceptable.

More information has also emerged about the three students.

According to the FBI, Woods is a freshman studying aerospace engineering. Lewis is studying biology and also works as a pharmacy technician at Walgreens. Smith is studying elementary education.

Woods’ lawyer, Jason Darley, has spoken publicly about his client and suggested that the young student is very different from the type of defendants he normally represents in federal criminal cases.

Darley described Woods as a very small and young student and said the situation was unfortunate. He pointed out that Woods is now sitting in federal court facing a serious accusation despite his young age.

Attorneys representing Lewis and Smith had not publicly responded to requests for comment reported by AL.com at the time of the initial reports.

The case highlights how comments made on social media can quickly become the subject of a federal investigation, particularly when authorities believe the words could amount to a genuine threat against the president.

What may begin as a short TikTok comment or social media post can have major legal consequences when it contains language that authorities interpret as a threat of violence.

For Woods, Lewis and Smith, the allegations have now moved far beyond social media. All three are facing the federal justice system, where prosecutors will have to establish the facts surrounding the posts and whether their conduct meets the legal requirements for the charges against them.

The accusations remain allegations at this stage, and the three students are entitled to the presumption of innocence unless they are proven guilty in court.