LUBBOCK, Texas – A federal jury has convicted Tristan Rene Langston, 37, of Lubbock, for making online threats to kill United States Secret Service agents and their families, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy E. Larson.
Langston was found guilty on Thursday, August 7, 2025, of transmitting threats in interstate commerce and threatening a federal law enforcement officer. The charges stem from online posts he made in February 2025.
According to trial evidence, on February 21, 2025, Langston posted a message to X.com, formerly Twitter, targeting two Secret Service agents by name and stating, “2nd Amendment in full effect. Gonna slit the throats of agents and their families.”
Prosecutors presented evidence showing Langston had harbored resentment toward the agents since they investigated an earlier online threat he made in 2023. Over the following months, he repeatedly targeted one of the agents and his family in online posts, videos, and notes stored on his cellphone.
Langston faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in federal prison. Sentencing is scheduled for November 6, 2025.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ann Howey and Sean Long of the Lubbock Division.
