An image of Jack Teixeira and the Pentagon.
Jack Teixeira, 21, has been charged in connection with the leak of secret Pentagon documents.
  • Prior to his arrest for leaking classified Pentagon documents, Jack Teixeira was stockpiling weapons, The New York Times reported.
  • The Times spoke to a Discord user who was in frequent contact with the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman. 
  • The user said Teixeira often spoke of his fascination with mass shootings and acquiring new weapons.

Jack Teixeira appeared to have been stockpiling weapons ahead of his arrest, according to chat records reviewed exclusively by The New York Times