Nick Fuentes claims he was target of assassination attempt by homicide suspect

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News on Dec 20, 2024

By clicking submit, I authorize Arcamax and its affiliates to: (1) use, sell, and share my information for marketing purposes, including cross-context behavioral advertising, as described in our Privacy Policy , (2) add to information that I provide with other information like interests inferred from web page views, or data lawfully obtained from data brokers, such as past purchase or location data, or publicly available data, (3) contact me or enable others to contact me by email or other means with offers for different types of goods and services, and (4) retain my information while I am engaging with marketing messages that I receive and for a reasonable amount of time thereafter. I understand I can opt out at any time through an email that I receive, or by clicking here

Right-wing influencer Nick Fuentes is claiming he was the target of an assassination attempt after a gunman also armed with a crossbow paid him a visit after allegedly killing three people earlier that night.

“Last night an armed killer made an attempt on my life at my home, which was recently dox[x]ed on this platform,” Fuentes wrote on X Thursday. “The gunman carried a pistol, crossbow, and incendiary devices. I believe he intended to kill me.”

In a follow-up post, Fuentes shared security video that appears to show an armed man wearing a motorcycle helmet and carrying weapons. He can be seen ringing the doorbell of Fuentes’ Berwyn, Illinois, home and fidgeting with the doorknob.

“Yo, Nick!” the man says as he tries to enter the house.

Fuentes claims the “killer” spent 10 minutes trying to gain entry to his home through the front and back doors while he was live-streaming his MAGA-adjacent online program.

The Berwyn Police Department appeared to support Fuentes’ story in a statement that doesn’t mention the 26-year-old white supremist by name.

“On December 18, 2024 at approximately 11:38 p.m., Berwyn Police Officers responded to the 1800 block of Home Ave. for a report on a male subject with a gun,” they said in a press release issued Thursday.

Cops said they gave chase when the suspect fled on foot to another home, where he killed two dogs then continued to run. A shootout between the man and officers ended with the gunman dead.

According to police, the suspect is believed to be responsible for a triple homicide earlier that night in Mahomet, Ill., roughly 140 miles south of Berwyn. The gunman was later identified as 24-year-old John R. Lyons of Westchester, which is slightly west of Berwyn.

Fuentes now says he plans to find another home and wants to sue the people who shared his address online.

“I am looking for an Illinois attorney to help me pursue legal action against the most high-profile social media users who posted my address under the Illinois anti-dox[x]ing statute,” he wrote on X Friday. “People need to be held accountable for this so it ends now.”

Fuentes became a national figure in 2022 when he and Chicago rapper Ye, a fellow antisemite, dined with Donald Trump at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago estate. He made news again last month for making chauvinistic comments after Trump was elected president behind an anti-abortion message.

“Your body, my choice. Forever,” he wrote on X.

That message prompted social media users to post his address online. One neighbor who went to Fuentes’ door to ask about the remark told police she was maced by the race-baiting provocateur.

The woman filed charges and plans to pursue civil remedy.