Police thwarted three potential mass shootings in the span of three days late last week, just two weeks after the US saw two devastating massacres that left 29 dead in 13 hours.

Cops arrested three men in separate incidents in Connecticut, Florida, and Ohio after receiving tips from the public.

The would-be shooters, ages 20 through 25, included a Connecticut man who posted on social media about his interest in committing in a mass shooting, a Florida man who threatened to shoot dead at least 100 victims and break the world record for longest confirmed kill, and a white nationalist who targeted a Jewish community center in Ohio.

Connecticut man who posted on Facebook about carrying out a mass shooting

Brandon Wagshol, 22, was arrested on Thursday in Norwalk, Connecticut, after police say he posted on Facebook about wanting to commit a mass shooting. He was charged with four counts of illegal possession of large capacity magazines and is currently being held on $250,000 bond.

Brandon Wagshol, 22, was arrested on Thursday in Connecticut after police say he posted on Facebook about wanting to commit a mass shooting and tried to purchase high capacity ammunition magazines.

Wagshol was charged with four counts of illegal possession of large capacity magazines and is currently being held on $250,000 bond.

He's scheduled to appear in court on September 6.

A citizen contacted the Norwalk Police Department and claimed Wagshol was trying to purchase high capacity magazines from out of state.

Wagshol's Facebook shows him wearing a ballistic helmet and playing shooting video games

When authorities searched his home, they discovered Wagshol was trying to build his own rifle and they owned a stunning arsenal of weapons including a handgun, a rifle, a rifle scope with a laser, multiple rounds of ammunition, body armor, a ballistic helmet and tactical gear.

Some of those weapons were registered to his father, authorities said.

Pictures on his social media show him wearing a ballistic helmet and playing shooting video games.

Cops said he had shared posts expressing an interest in committing a mass shooting, but didn't reveal the nature of the post.

Florida man who said he wanted to 'break a world record for longest confirmed kill'

Tristan Scott Wix, 25, was arrested Friday in Daytona Beach Shores after he sent a slew of text messages threatening to commit a mass shooting to his ex-girlfriend, who contacted police

Body camera video shows Wix being arrested at gunpoint outside a Winn Dixie supermarket

Tristan Scott Wix's text messages 'A school is a weak target.. id be more likely to open fire on a large crowd of people from over 3 miles away.. I'd wanna break a world record for longest confirmed kill ever.' 'I wanna open fire on a large crowd of people from over 3 miles away before I die and I need a spotter (laughing cry face emoji)' 'What you wanna do after the fact, is your own business, if you want to plan to escape we can work on that. But I don't intend on walking away alive, unless I see it fit.' 'But a good 100 kills would be nice. I already have a location (laughing cry face emoji) is that bad?' 'Ah well even if you told someone, me saying I wanna do it and think about it is not the same as actually doing it lol. Was kinda hoping someone would come into my life worth not doing it for, for the sake of all those people (laughing cry face emoji). I'm not crazy I just wanna die and I wanna have fun doing it, but I'm the most patient person in the world.' Advertisement

Tristan Scott Wix, 25, was arrested on Friday in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, after he sent his ex-girlfriend a slew of texts allegedly threatening to commit a mass shooting.

The ex-girlfriend reported the messages to police and Wix was apprehended at gunpoint outside a Winn Dixie supermarket some 12 hours later.

In the disturbing text messages Wix said he wanted to open fire on a large crowd of people allegedly writing, 'a good 100 kills would be nice.'

He said he already had a location in mind and said he wanted to die and 'have fun doing it', according to authorities.

'A school is a weak target.. id be more likely to open fire on a large crowd of people from over 3 miles away.. I'd wanna break a world record for longest confirmed kill ever,' one chilling message said.

His texts were send alongside laughing and crying face emojis.

When authorities searched Wix's home they found a .22-caliber hunting rifle and 400 rounds of ammo, despite the suspect initial claims that he didn't own any firearms and that he was just fascinated with mass shootings.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood described Wix as 'psychotic'.

A hunting rifle with about 400 rounds of ammunition were later discovered at Wix's apartment

'When you look at this kid's background, he is the profile of a shooter. He lost his job, he lost his girlfriend, he's depressed, he's got the ammunition, and he wants to become known for being the most prolific killer in American history,' Chitwood said.

'Even in his interview (with detectives), he talked in the third person, never in the first person.'

Wix is being held without bond at the Volusia County Branch jail.

White nationalist who threatened to shoot up Jewish community center in Ohio

James Reardon Jr, 20, was arrested after threatening to shoot up a Jewish community center in Ohio

When the FBI raided Reardon's home, they found multiple semi-automatic weapons, dozens of rounds of ammunition

James Patrick Reardon Jr, 20, was arrested and booked into jail on Saturday for threatening to carry out a shooting at a Jewish community center in Ohio.

In a video posted to Instagram, Reardon threatened to shoot up the Jewish community center in Youngstown, located just 65 miles north of Pittsburg where a gunman killed 11 Jewish worshipers in a synagogue in October.

The video was uploaded on the account @ira-seamus, which allegedly belongs to Reardon. It showed a man firing a gun and tagged the Jewish Comunity Center of Youngstown with the caption: 'Police identified the Youngstown Jewish Family Community shooter as local white nationalist Seamus O'Rearedon.'

Seamus O'Rearedon is the Gaelic version of Reardon's name.

The video was shown to an officer on an unrelated call and launched an investigation on July 11.

'With everything going on we wanted to make sure we acted very quickly on this,' New Middletown Police Chief Vincent D'Egidio said.

Reardon posted a video of a man firing a semi-automatic rifle where screams and sirens could be heard in the background, and tagged the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown (pictured) in the post

During the raid on Reardon's home the FBI discovered anti-Semitic and white nationalist material, as well as body armor

Reardon has been charged with telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing but it's not clear whether the FBI will press federal charges

Police said Reardon's social media feed, which has the description, 'Just a local IRA man trying to live his life', was filled with racial slurs

When cops raided Reardon's home on Friday they found multiple semi-automatic weapons, dozens of rounds of ammunition, a gas mask and bulletproof armor, as well as anti-Semitic and white nationalist propaganda.

An investigation revealed he was present at the deadly 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 and was included in a National Georgraphic documentary on the rally.

A search of his social media found posts filled with racial slurs, derogatory statements about minorities and lots of images showing Reardon or others shooting guns.

'This is a person that has declared himself as a white nationalist. With the hate crimes and everything else going on, we want to make sure we do our part to make sure this person was taken off the streets very quickly,' D'Egidio said.

He was charged with telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing and is being held in the Mahoning County Jail on $250,000 bond.