Man killed by FBI in Alabama sought to lead militia against ‘insurrected’ government officials, records state
A Baldwin County man shot and killed Friday by the FBI called for government officials to be arrested by a militia, according to court records.
Alexander Hilton Randles died after being shot by FBI agents as they attempted to execute a warrant for his arrest.
Randles had been charged with interstate transmission of a threat to kidnap or injure in violation of federal U.S. law.
According to federal court documents, the charges stem from a Facebook post Randles made where he called for a militia and for “insurrected government officials” to turn themselves in or have the militia suppress them by force.
The deadline for the officials to turn themselves in was Dec. 15 the post read. According to court documents, the statements Randles made constituted interstate threats.
The militia would answer to President-elect Donald Trump and be manned by all able-bodied men over 17 years old.
The post featured photos from a manifesto titled the “Paul Revere Report” detailing martial law, private citizen arrests, the militia and the specific government entities Randles believed were targeting and defaming him.
A portion of the document noted that Randle would be responsible for assembling the militia if the government continued to neglect enforcing the laws as written.
“In the absence of an Executive Branch if this document is ignored or more Government Officials refuse to carry out the laws as written, the power lays with the people,” the manifesto reads.
“Alexander Randles, in the absence of government correction, will suppress the insurrection to bring this district back into the United States control. Alexander Randles is a member of the unorganized militia group. Alexander Randle will publicly assemble men and women to arrest the insurrectionist or suppress them with force until the United States military assumes authority.”
The documents also revealed several letters addressed to Trump, Matt Gaetz and Elon Musk. Each of the letters were related to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland who Randles believed was one of the corrupt officials.
Court documents demonstrated that since 2020 Randles believed an “unknown domestic terrorist“ group was targeting him. However, he felt that local law enforcement agencies like the Foley Police Department were working to cover-up the terror groups attacks against him.
“Since 2020, RANDLES has reported to multiple law enforcement agencies and court systems that he is the victim of an unknown domestic terrorist group’s efforts to defame his name, harm his tire-changing business, and infect him with a sexually transmitted disease,” court records read.
According to his social media, Randles was a military veteran and owned an automotive repair shop.