Barnett had been jailed on a complaint of shooting with intent to kill in that case.

According to an investigator’s affidavit in the threats case, Barnett “has the means to act on the threats that he has made based on firearms located in his residence as well as his most recent history/arrest in conjunct with his Google search ‘can you legally shoot a process server?’”

Special Judge April Seibert set Barnett’s bail at a court appearance Friday morning after hearing arguments from prosecutor Mark Collier and District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler, who asked that Barnett be held without bond.

“We have a series of veiled threats (on blogs and social media) against attorneys, judges, professors at TU, TCC,” Collier told Seibert. “This behavior extends back to 2014 and has created an atmosphere of fear among these people and their families.”

With the shooting Wednesday night, “now he’s acted on at least one of these threats,” Collier said, adding that Barnett has previously made veiled threats against process servers.

Barnett, who was represented by a public defender because his attorney was out of town, reiterated his previous claim that the process server drew his gun first and that he was defending himself.