Florida Attorney Arrested After Allegedly Threatening to Shoot ICE Agents While Seeking a Gun

On the morning of Sept. 23, a little after 11:30, a woman walked into High Caliber Guns in Long Beach, Mississippi, and told the employees she needed a gun. According to a criminal complaint obtained by the Sun Herald, she was Lisa White, an attorney, and what she said over the next several minutes led federal agents to arrest her.

The complaint says White described herself as an activist and protester who wanted a firearm for protection at a protest, because she believed ICE agents were becoming "crazy and wild." But she also allegedly told an employee she wanted a gun in order to kill ICE agents.

The complaint describes more specific remarks. White allegedly gestured at her own torso and asked whether the guns being discussed could penetrate an agent's body armor. If they could not, she reportedly said, she would have to hit agents in the head, shoulder, arm or leg. Federal authorities, in their own account, emphasized the head. They said she asked about firearms that could pierce ballistic vests and threatened to shoot agents in the head if she could not get through the armor.

An employee reportedly told her that pointing a gun at law enforcement would likely get her killed. According to the complaint, White answered, "If I have to die, I have to die." The employee then suggested pepper spray instead and pointed her toward a shooting range for training.

White looked at two pistols but left without one. The shop declined to complete the sale and told her she could come back in two to three days, the newspaper reported. Store employees then contacted authorities. An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives alerted Homeland Security Investigations to the encounter, and the investigation began that same day.

HSI Gulfport special agents interviewed witnesses, located White and arrested her in Long Beach, according to an ICE release. HSI's announcement on X identified her as a Florida attorney, though she lives in Mississippi. The release says she allegedly threatened to "kill federal agents" while trying to buy a firearm and pepper spray. She remained in custody as agents prepared a federal charge of influencing, impeding or retaliating against a federal official by threat. Fox News Digital reached out to White for comment; the source reports no response from her. No injuries were reported.

Matthew Reidell, HSI Gulfport's Assistant Special Agent in Charge, said the safety of agency personnel is paramount and that HSI treats any threat against federal officers with the utmost seriousness. He praised the store's employees for recognizing the threats and reporting them immediately, which he said let investigators step in quickly. HSI also wrote on X that threats against federal law enforcement will not be tolerated.

ICE placed the arrest in a wider context, citing increases of more than 1,600% in assaults, 3,300% in vehicle attacks and 8,000% in death threats against its officers. The agency did not provide the underlying totals or say what period the comparison covers, so the scale of those figures is hard to judge. ICE also said President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin have made clear that people who threaten or attack officers face arrest and prosecution.

What comes next is the federal charge. The account so far rests on the criminal complaint and agency statements, and White's side has not yet been reported.