Mass shooting threat: Florida man who allegedly said he wants to kill 100 people in mass shooting is arrested

Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. – Authorities say a Florida man has been arrested and accused of threatening a mass shooting in text messages.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office says 25-year-old Tristan Scott Wix, of Daytona Beach, feels several text messages stating he wanted to "break a world record for longest confirmed kill ever." The office says that in another message, Wix texted he wanted to reach 100 victims. It was unclear who Wix was texting or how deputies obtained the information.

Authorities say Day Beach Shores on a supermarket. The sheriff's news release says Wix told detectives he did not own firearms but was fascinated with mass shootings.

Tristan Wix in undated photo

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Wix wrote in the messages that he was willing to die while committing a mass shooting and was hoping to have someone help him, CBS affiliate Orlando WKMG-TV reports. He said he wanted to shoot into a large crowd from three miles away.

"A good 100 kills would be nice," he said in one text, according to WKMG.

Deputies said multiple Central Florida law enforcement agencies helped track down a Winn-Dixie parking lot in Daytona Shores Beach, where he was arrested.