Flint Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime
A Michigan man pleaded guilty today to one count of committing a hate crime by attempting to carry out a mass killing, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. Mack Davis, 22, of Owosso, admitted that he attempted to conduct a mass killing of individuals at a political party headquarters and a nearby bar in the Eastern District of Michigan because he associated both locations with gay people.
According to court documents, from at least July 2023 through June 2024, Davis accessed search engines and social media sites to research, post about, and pay tribute to mass killers, and wrote about dozens of mass killers in journals and on other items in his home. During that period, Davis also began to plot his own mass killing, by, among other things, drafting lists of weapons and tactical gear he owned and intended to acquire for use in his mass killing.
By June, Davis had crossed off every item on the list of weapons and tactical gear he intended to acquire, and had amassed an arsenal that included two firearms, magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a crossbow and arrows, assorted bomb-making parts, smoke grenades, tactical gear and clothing and several knives. Davis inscribed one of the knives with the anti-gay slur, “FAGGOT Killer.”
“This defendant amassed an arsenal of firearms, rounds of ammunition and bombmaking parts that he intended to use to carry out the mass killing of gay people. This kind of vile and heinous hate-fueled violence, intended to target innocent people based on their sexual orientation, runs contrary to our values as Americans,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
“Bias-motivated crimes targeting the LGBTQI+ community will not be tolerated. The Justice Department will continue using every tool at our disposal to protect communities from the scourge of hate-fueled violence by prosecuting those who carry out or attempt to carry out such crimes,” said Clarke.
Mack Davis, a 22-year-old resident of Owosso, Mich., pleaded guilty on June 6, 2026, to one count of committing a hate crime by attempting to carry out a mass killing. He will face up to 10 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Defendant: Mack Davis
Criminal Charges: One count of committing a hate crime by attempting to carry out a mass killing
City and State: Flint, Michigan
Exact Date: June 6, 2026
Sentence: Up to 10 years in prison
Key Facts
- State: Michigan
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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