CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) \u2014 The United States Attorney\u2019s Office said an Indiana woman has been charged with allegedly threatening to kill Rep. Nancy Mace and blow up the Congressional office last year.<\/p>\n
Shayla Addison, 28, of Indianapolis, is charged with two counts of influencing a federal official by threat.<\/p>\n
Addison allegedly sent five text messages to the representative\u2019s phone on Jan. 15, 2025, just before 9 a.m. The messages included explicit threats to kill Mace, including statements such as \u201cCome outside, b**** we\u2019ll kill you\u201d and \u201cTread lightly,\u201d according to documents.<\/p>\n
She sent more messages to her email address a few minutes later, threatening to kill her. The messages state, \u201cWe will kill you and blow that whole building up, b**** come outside.\u201d Later that day, Addison posted threatening comments on Mace\u2019s Instagram page including Shut up h** I\u2019ll kill you” and \u201cI hope you got mace… cause you gone need it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Capitol Police investigated the incident. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe threat was that if I went outside, there would be a bomb that would blow me up and my employees and so I am very grateful to the FBI for taking this threat seriously,\u201d Mace said in a video in response of the incident.<\/p>\n
Addison faces up to ten years in federal prison.<\/p>\n
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