Sex offender tried to run over Muslim parkgoers, threatened to ‘shoot and bomb them’

A California sex offender was arrested after allegedly trying to run down Muslim parkgoers and threatening to “shoot and bomb them,” police said. 

Families gathered at the Heron Landing Park, in Rancho Cordova, reported that 33-year-old Robert Avery tried to run them over on Sunday evening while hurling racial slursat them, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.