Cruisin’7th – Photo: Google Maps, Treven Michael Gokey – Phoenix PD Mugshot
Treven Michael Gokey was arrested by Phoenix police on September 17 for allegedly threatening to shoot up Cruisin’ 7th, a popular gay bar near his Arizona apartment. He faces felony charges of making a terroristic threat and using a computer to threaten, after blaming the LGBTQ community for recent acts of violence.
According to court documents, police were called to the 39-year-old’s apartment for a welfare check after a crisis hotline reported he had threatened to shoot up the bar, claiming he was “triggered by political events.”
When officers arrived, Gokey refused to leave his apartment and said “radical lefty violence breeds a far-right response.” He cited the recent murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and school shootings by transgender suspects in Minneapolis and Tennessee as examples that had galvanized him.
Police said Gokey told them those events made him unhappy and that he “wanted to harm others” to send a message.
Gokey allegedly told police that “Charlie Kirk was a martyr,” that he was “a martyr for Charlie Kirk,” and that “political violence breeds political violence.” He also made several transphobic remarks.
He was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on $250,000 bond.
Court paperwork showed that Gokey had previously called the Phoenix Police Department to make a police report, in which he allegedly claimed that if officers didn’t arrive quicker, he would “shoot bystanders.” Once police arrived, he reportedly told them, “It worked, didn’t it?”
Court records show Gokey had previously called Phoenix police, claiming that if officers didn’t arrive quickly, he would “shoot bystanders.” When they did, he told them, “It worked, didn’t it?”
Reports that the person who fatally shot conservative activist Charlie Kirk had left behind bullet casings engraved with phrases espousing "transgender ideology" have been debunked.
The rumor spread quickly after conservative commentator Steven Crowder posted to X on the morning of September 11 -- the day after the shooting -- claiming he had received an email from a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives officer describing such engravings.
Crowder shared what he said was an email from an ATF officer claiming investigators had recovered the weapon used in Kirk's killing, with one spent cartridge in the chamber and three rounds still in the magazine. The email further alleged the cartridges were engraved with "transgender and anti-fascist ideology."
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In an Instagram post, Precinct DTLA warned it is "in crisis."
"We're a couple of slow weekends away from having to close our doors," the statement read. "Like many small businesses, we've taken hit after hit -- from COVID shutdowns and ICE raids to citywide curfews and the ongoing decline of nightlife. But what we're facing now is even more devastating."
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That memoir, Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song, and the Power of Perseverance, was written by Archuleta with Monica Haim and published by an imprint of Penguin Group in 2010. He was barely an adult at the time, and it had only been two years since he competed on American Idol, becoming the season seven runner-up.
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