The 19-year-old counterprotester arrested at Nashville’s No Kings rally on June 14 was flagged two months earlier by a federal terrorism task force after posting an image on social media of a shotgun inscribed with “names of mass shooters and Neo-Nazi symbology,” according to Murfreesboro police.
Elijah Millar, of Murfreesboro, was arrested by Nashville police at the rally and charged with disorderly conduct after witnesses reported he brandished a handgun. Police seized a pistol from Millar at the scene.
Murfreesboro police arrested Millar three days later and charged him with three counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor. Millar also faces a federal charge for unlawful possession of a firearm.
Millar, who has been treated for mental health conditions for several years, has been under conservatorship since 2023 after Rutherford County Chancery Court judges found him to be a “disabled person needing care” and “at risk of substantial harm to his health, safety and welfare.” The conservatorship restricts his access to firearms, according to court documents.
A detective with the Murfreesboro Police Department received a tip from the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force on April 3, reporting Millar made a post on social media of the inscribed shotgun along with a small revolver, according to court documents obtained by Tennessee Lookout.